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Desmanella compacta

Osteichthyes - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Desmanella compacta was named by Lopatin (2004). Its type specimen is PIUZ, ALT no. 304, a tooth (Left M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Altynshokysu (bone bed II), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial claystone in the Aral Formation of Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Desmanella compacta Lopatin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyTalpidae(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
subfamilyDesmaninaeThomas 1912
genusDesmanellaEngesser 1972
speciescompacta

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Desmanella compacta Lopatin 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available