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Desmana (Russian desman)

Osteichthyes - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Desmana was named by Guldenstaedt (1777). It is extant.

It was assigned to Desmaninae by Van Valen (1967); and to Talpidae by Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Desmana Guldenstaedt
1799Desman Lacepede
1800Mygale Cuvier pp. table 1
1815Desmanus Rafinesque
1825Mygale Gray p. 339
1829Myogalea Fischer
1830Caprios Wagler
1836Myogale Brandt p. 176
1846Palaeospalax Owen
1953Desmagale Kretzoi
1967Desmagale Van Valen
1967Desmana Van Valen
1968Desmana Kurten p. 48
1988Desmana Carroll

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—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)
genusDesmanaGuldenstaedt 1777

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.

G. Desmana Guldenstaedt 1777 [Russian desman]
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G. †Archaeodesmana Topachevski and Pashkov 1983
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†Archaeodesmana adroveri Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana baetica Martín-Suárez et al. 2001
†Archaeodesmana brailloni Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana dekkersi Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana dissona Cailleux et al. 2024
†Archaeodesmana luteyni Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana major Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana primigenia Ziegler 2005
†Archaeodesmana turolense Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana vinea Storch 1978
Invalid names: Dibolia Rümke 1985 [synonym], Ruemkelia Rzebik-Kowalska and Pawlowski 1994 [synonym]
†Desmana inflata Rümke 1985
†Desmana kowalskae Rümke 1985
Desmana moschata Linnaeus 1758 [Russian desman]
†Desmana nehringi Kormos 1913
†Desmana pontica Schreuder 1940
†Desmana pyrenaica Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1811
†Desmana thermalis Kormos 1930
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Invalid names: Desmagale pannonica Kretzoi 1953 [synonym], Desmana crassidens Kretzoi 1953 [synonym], Desmana tegelensis Schreuder 1940 [synonym]
†Desmana verestchagini Topachevski 1961
†Desmana verestchagini amutriensis Radulescu et al. 1989
Invalid names: Caprios Wagler 1830 [synonym], Desmagale Kretzoi 1953 [synonym], Desman Lacepede 1799 [synonym], Desmanus Rafinesque 1815 [synonym], Mygale Cuvier 1800 [synonym], Myogale Brandt 1836 [synonym], Myogalea Fischer 1829 [synonym], Palaeospalax Owen 1846 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:11:42
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:11:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Gingerich 2003, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 9 to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 11.10000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.67 Ma

Collections (99 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) Dibolia pontica (201497)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria (Niederösterreich) Archaeodesmana vinea (66943)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Archaeodesmana primigenia (75481)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria Archaeodesmana vinea (66942)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Austria Archaeodesmana vinea (66944 66945 66946)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Burgenland) Desmana pontica (37789)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) Desmana sp., Desmana kormosi (32649)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Dibolia vinea (69802)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Central Macedonia) Dibolia dekkersi (32189)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Kozani) Archaeodesmana getica (205089 205090)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Spain (Aragon) Dibolia luteyni (35320 35341 35342) Dibolia major (35321 35346) Dibolia turolense (35316 35319 35339)
MN 127.9 - 6.965France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Desmana pontica (37047)
MN 127.9 - 6.965Spain (Aragon) Dibolia turolense (69803)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Spain Archaeodesmana baetica (68317)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Nei Mongol) Desmana sp. (75300)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain (Albacete) Desmana nehringi (41931 41932 41933 41937)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Dibolia brailloni (36014)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Russian Federation Desmana sp. (34110)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Desmana sp. (39409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Romania (Oltenia) Desmana verestchagini (39425)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Ukraine (Odessa) Ruemkelia sp. (168005)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Poland Desmana nehringi (32240)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Spain (Granada) Dibolia dekkersi (69792)
MN 145.09 - 4.16France (Hérault) Dibolia sp. (68418)
MN 145.09 - 4.16France (Laguedoc-Roussillon Region) Dibolia sp. (37048)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Spain (Aragon) Desmana sp. (32103) Dibolia brailloni (35343 35344)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Greece (Florina) Archaeodesmana sp. (214354)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Romania Desmana getica (40795) Desmana sp. (40796)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Greece (Macedonia) Desmana sp. (35086 35088) Desmana verestchagini, Desmana sp. (35087)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Greece Desmana sp. (31229 31931)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Spain (Andalucia) Archaeodesmana sp. (34997)
Ruscinian - Villafranchian5.09 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) Desmana sp. (35354)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Poland Desmana nehringi (33396)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Türkiye (Afion) Desmana bifida (68570)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Romania (Wallachia Region) Desmana nehringi (36000 36004)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58France Dibolia brailloni (49096)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Desmana nehringi, Desmana thermalis (199747)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Poland Desmana nehringi (33473)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Slovakia Desmana nehringi (41026)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) Desmana nehringi (35368 35369 35371)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Spain (Andalucia) Archaeodesmana sp. (34998)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Desmana sp. (35358 35370)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Spain (Castellon) Desmana sp. (34929)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Greece (Evvia) Dibolia bifida (34590)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Fejer) Desmana crassidens, Desmagale pannonica (35374)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Desmana moschata (35905 50000)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary Desmana sp. (39797)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Russian Federation (Krasnodar. Kray) Desmana sp. (41059)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania (Oltenia) Desmana nehringi (39422)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Netherlands Desmana sp., Desmana termalis (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Ukraine Desmana sp. (41031) Desmana thermalis (41049)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania Desmana sp. (33975) Desmana thermalis (32145 32195 71662)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Poland Desmana sp. (33480)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania (Wallachia region) Desmana nehringi (36008)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Barany) Desmana sp. (35427) Desmana thermalis (35457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Desmana sp. (35431)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Granada) Desmana sp. (34898)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen) Desmana thermalis (36213)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Myogale moschata (77749)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Netherlands (Limburg) Desmana thermalis (68018)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Budapest) Desmana thermalis (35474)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) Desmana thermalis (50258)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Desmana moschata (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Desmana moschata (50196) Desmana sp. (49999) Desmana thermalis (50198)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czechia Desmana thermalis (36219)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania Desmana moschata (40260)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Desmana thermalis (36206)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Netherlands Desmana thermalis (109704)