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Talpa minuta
Taxonomy
Talpa minuta was named by Blainville (1840) [Lectotype : humerus lacking much of proximal end and epicondylar wings (from Hutchison, 1974)]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is MNHN unnumbered, a limb element (humerus).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1840 | Talpa minuta Blainville p. 97 |
| 1974 | Talpa minuta Hutchison p. 227 |
| 2024 | Talpa minuta Cailleux et al. p. 146 |
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†Talpa minuta Blainville 1840
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Hutchison 1974 | Small mole (humerus about 9,4 +/- 0,2 mm long); humerus relatively slender, distance between distal end of pectoral crest and distal end of humerus about 37% of total length; distance between distal terminus of teres tubercle and distal end about 44% of total length; length of teres tubercle about 24% of total length; maximum proximal width about 73% of total length. |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Freeman 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miocene | France | Talpa minuta (200296) | |
| MN 5 | Austria (Styria) | Talpa minuta (77782) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | Talpa minuta (32191) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Talpa minuta (42588) | |
| MN 6 | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Talpa minuta (69711) | |
| Serravallian | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Talpa minuta (58983) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Germany (Bavaria) | Talpa minuta (67161 67162 67163 67164 67166) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | Switzerland (Baselland) | Talpa minuta (49421) | |
| Vallesian | Spain (Catalonia) | Talpa minuta (193490) | |
| MN 10 | Austria | Talpa minuta (66946) | |
| MN 11 | Austria (Niederoesterreich) | Talpa sp. (32649) | |
| Pleistocene | Greece (Chalkidiki) | Talpa minuta (183123) |