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Desmanella engesseri

Osteichthyes - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Desmanella engesseri was named by Ziegler (1985). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BSP 1976 XXII 3157, a mandible (Mandible sin. with p30m3).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Desmanella engesseri Ziegler p. 134 figs. Pl.1 fig.1

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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
speciesengesseri

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 engesseri Ziegler 1985
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Ziegler 1985Kleine Art der Gattung Desmanella; Mandibel mit 708 Alveolen vor p4, p3 zweiwurzelig, p4 mit distolingualer Anschwellung m1 kleiner als m2, beide leichterexoedaenodont. Crista obliqua der m inf. reicht weit nach lingual. Aborales For. mentale unter Protoconid styl der M sup. schwach gespalten. Humerus uropsilin, klein, schlank. Rinne für die Sehne des M. biceps brachialis offen; Tub. teres beulenförmig, distale Reichweite wie Tub. pectoralis; kein Proc. deltoideus.