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Talpa fossilis

Osteichthyes - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Talpa fossilis was named by Petenyi (1864).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. altaica, T. chthonia, T. csarnotana, T. europaena, T. gilhoti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Talpa fossilis Petenyi
1968Talpa fossilis Kurten p. 49

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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)
genusTalpa
speciesfossilisPetenyi 1864

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.

†Talpa fossilis Petenyi 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-14 21:04:44
Modified: 2011-05-14 06:04:44
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Freeman 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Kozani) Talpa fossilis (205089 205090)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Central Macedonia) Talpidae sp. B (32189)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Armenia (Shirak) Talpa fossilis (241915 241918 241923)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Talpa fossilis (35473)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55France (Roussillon) Talpa fossilis (35064)
Ruscinian - Villafranchian5.09 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) Talpa fossilis (35354)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Romania (Wallachia Region) Talpa fossilis (36000)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58France Talpa fossilis (49096)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Talpa fossilis (35370)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) Talpa fossilis (35369 35371)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Talpa fossilis (35905)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Catalonia) Talpa fossilis (68413)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Talpa fossilis (35428 35431 35432)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary Talpa fossilis (39797)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Barany) Talpa fossilis (35427 35442 35457 35459)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania Talpa fossilis (32192 32194 32195 33973 33975 34009)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Czechia Talpa fossilis (35907)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Poland Talpa fossilis (32485)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Talpa fossilis (35476)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Budapest) Talpa fossilis (35474)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Barany) Talpa fossilis (35463 35464 35465 35466 35467 35468 35469)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czechia Talpa fossilis (36214)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Talpa fossilis (35472)