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Paratalpa

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Paratalpa was named by Lavocat (1951). It is not extant.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Paratalpa Lavocat
1967Paratalpa Van Valen
1974Teutonotalpa Hutchison p. 233
1988Paratalpa Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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)
subfamilyDesmaninaeThomas 1912
genusParatalpaLavocat 1951

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. †Paratalpa Lavocat 1951
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†Paratalpa brachychir v. Meyer 1846
†Paratalpa meyeri Schlosser 1877
†Paratalpa micheli Lavocat 1951
Invalid names: Teutonotalpa Hutchison 1974 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:41:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MP 23 to the top of the Aquitanian or 33.90000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Czech Republic P. sp. (91467)
MP 23 - MP 2533.9 - 23.03Germany (Hesse) P. sp. (186510)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Alpes-de-haute Provence) P. micheli (200438)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03France (Puy-de-Dôme) P. micheli (179177)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. micheli (59125)
MP 28 - MP 2928.4 - 23.03France (Quercy) P. micheli (36716)
MP 2928.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. micheli (74679)
MP 2928.4 - 23.03Spain (Aragon) P. micheli (68420)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) P. micheli (179146)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) P. sp. (84606)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Bavaria) P. micheli (84364)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. micheli (66109)
MP 30 - MN 128.4 - 22.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. micheli (66110)
MN 123.03 - 22.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. brachychir (66147)
MN 123.03 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) P. brachychir (69617)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. meyeri (52566)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany (Bayern) P. meyeri (52567)
Agenian23.03 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) Paratalpa indet. (203090)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) P. brachychir (69606)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. meyeri (66138)