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Desmaninae

Osteichthyes - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Desmaninae was named by Thomas (1912) [also attributed to Mivart 1871]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Talpidae by Van Valen (1967), Mors et al. (2000), Martín-Suárez et al. (2001).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Myogalina Mivart
1912Desmaninae Thomas
1967Desmaninae Van Valen
2000Desmaninae Mors et al. p. 152
2001Desmaninae Martín-Suárez et al. p. 548

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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)
subfamilyDesmaninaeThomas 1912
subfamilyDesmaninaeThomas 1912

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.

Subfm. Desmaninae Thomas 1912
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G. †Desmanella Engesser 1972
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†Desmanella amasyae Engesser 1980
†Desmanella cingulata Engesser 1980
†Desmanella compacta Lopatin 2004
†Desmanella compactus Lopatin 2004
†Desmanella crusafonti Rümke 1974
†Desmanella dubia Rümke 1976
†Desmanella engesseri Ziegler 1985
†Desmanella fejfari Gibert 1974
†Desmanella gardiolensis Crochet 1986
†Desmanella gudrunae van den Hoek Ostende and Fejfar 2006
†Desmanella quinquecuspidata Mayr and Fahlbusch 1975
†Desmanella rietscheli Storch and Dahlmann 2000
†Desmanella sickenbergi Engesser 1980
†Desmanella stehlini Engesser 1972
G. Galemys Kaup 1829 [Pyrenean desman]
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†Galemys kormosi Schreuder 1940
Galemys pyrenaicus Geoffroy 1811 [Pyrenean desman]
†Galemys semseyi Kormos 1913
†Galemys sulimskii Rümke 1985
Invalid names: Galomys Agassiz 1846 [synonym], Mygalina Saint-Hilaire 1835 [synonym]
G. †Geomana Brunner 1957
G. †Mygalea Schreuder 1940
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†Mygalea antiqua Pomel 1848
†Mygalea jaegeri Seemann 1938
†Mygalea magna Ziegler 1990
G. †Mygalinia Schreuder 1940
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†Mygalinia hungarica Kormos 1913
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]
Invalid names: Myogalina Mivart 1871 [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: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 23 to the top of the Calabrian or 33.90000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2133.9 - 27.3Czechia Paratalpa sp. (91467)
MP 23 - MP 2533.9 - 23.04Germany (Hesse) Paratalpa sp. (186510)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Alpes-de-haute Provence) Paratalpa micheli (200438)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) Desmanella compacta (37205) Desmaninae indet. (175920)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Desmanella sp., Paratalpa micheli (59125)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Puy-de-Dôme) Paratalpa micheli (179177)
MP 28 - MP 2927.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) Paratalpa micheli (36716)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04Spain (Aragon) Paratalpa micheli (68420)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Desmanella sp., Paratalpa micheli (74679)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Bavaria) Paratalpa micheli (84364)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Paratalpa micheli (66109)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Paratalpa micheli (179146)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) Desmanella sp., Paratalpa sp. (84606)
MP 30 - MN 127.3 - 22.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Desmanella sp., Paratalpa micheli (66110)
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany Desmanella sp. (70325)
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mygalea jaegeri (66176) Paratalpa brachychir (66147)
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Paratalpa brachychir (69617)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany (Bayern) Paratalpa meyeri (52567)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Paratalpa meyeri (52566)
Agenian23.04 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) Paratalpa indet. (203090)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) Desmanella crusafonti (201497)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) Mygalea magna, Paratalpa brachychir (69606)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Desmanella sp., Paratalpa meyeri, Mygalea jaegeri, Desmanella sp. (66138) Mygalea jaegeri (66139)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mygalea antiqua (69098)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Serbia (Serbia) Desmanella sp. (199780 199781 199782)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Czechia (Ústí nad Labem) Mygalea magna, Desmanella gudrunae (48173)
MN 3 - MN 420.0 - 15.98Germany (Bavaria) Desmanella engesseri (176199)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Desmanella sp. (46284)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Switzerland (Zürich) Desmanella engesseri (46268)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Desmaninae indet., Mygalea antiqua (46955)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mygalea jaegeri (48325)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Russian Federation (Irkutsk) Desmaninae indet. (205812)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) Mygalea antiqua (32191)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Türkiye (Kütahya) Desmanella sp. (68560)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) Desmanella sp. (13483)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) Desmanella sp. (167497 167509)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) Desmanella stehlini (49421)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain Desmanella sp. (78058)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Türkiye (Mugla) Desmanella cingulata (68559) Desmanella sickenbergi (68568)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) Desmanella stehlini (67163 67164) Mygalea antiqua (67161)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Desmanella quinquecuspidata (34256) Desmanella sp. (206345)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Spain (Albacete) Desmanella crusafonti (41930)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria (Niederösterreich) Desmanella rietscheli (66943)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria Desmanella rietscheli (66941 66942)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Spain (Teruel) Desmanella sp. (38345)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Austria Desmanella rietscheli (66945 66946)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Greece Desmanella sp. (31223)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) Desmanella rietscheli (32649)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Burgenland) Desmaninae indet. (37789)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Desmanella rietscheli (69802)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Central Macedonia) Desmanella sp. (32189)
MN 127.9 - 6.965France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Desmanella crusafonti (37047)
MN 127.9 - 6.965Greece (Attica) Desmanella dubia (68214)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Türkiye (Aydin) Desmanella amasyae (68565)
MN 136.965 - 5.09Türkiye (Cankiri) Desmanella amasyae (68569)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Moldova Desmaninae indet. (198590)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Romania (Oltenia) Desmana kormosi (39418)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Romania Desmana kormosi (40121)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58France (Gard) Galemys sp. (68414)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Desmana kormosi (35359)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Ukraine (Odessa) Desmaninae indet. (168005)
MN 145.09 - 4.16France (Laguedoc-Roussillon Region) Desmanella dubia (37048)
MN 145.09 - 4.16France (Hérault) Desmanella dubia (68418)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Spain (Aragon) Desmanella sp. (32103)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Greece (Macedonia) Desmanella sp. (35086 35087 35088)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Poland Desmana kormosi (33396)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58France Desmanella gardiolensis (49096)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Türkiye (Eskişehir) Desmaninae indet. (230654 230655 230656 230657)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Romania (Wallachia region) Desmana kormosi (35999)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Galemys kormosi (205172) Galemys sp. (199747)
MN 163.55 - 2.245France Galemys sp. (47100)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Poland Desmana kormosi (33473 33638)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Austria (Lower Austria) Desmana kormosi (167680)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Greece (Evvia) Desmanella sp. (34590)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Netherlands Galemys kormosi (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Burgos) Galemys kormosi (241995)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Türkiye (Eskişehir) Desmaninae indet. (230658)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) Galemys kormosi (40985)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) Desmaninae indet. (34765)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) Galemys sp. (34872)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Netherlands (Limburg) Galemys kormosi (68018)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Galemys sp. (34870)