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Desmanella stehlini

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Desmanella stehlini was named by Engesser (1972). Its type specimen is NMB AL 159, Switzerland, a tooth (M1 sup. dext.,). Its type locality is Anwil, Baselland, which is in a MN 7 + 8 fluvial-lacustrine horizon in Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Desmanella stehlini Engesser pp. 115-120 figs. fig. 33,34
2024Desmanella stehlini Cailleux et al. p. 129

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
genusDesmanellaEngesser 1972
speciesstehlini

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 stehlini Engesser 1972
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Engesser 1972Same as diagnosis for genus Desmanella.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: MN 7 + 8 or 12.75000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) Desmanella stehlini (67163 67164)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) Desmanella stehlini (type locality: 49421)