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Paratalpa brachychir

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Talpa brachychir was named by v. Meyer (1846). It is not extant. Its type specimen is SMF unnumbered, a set of teeth (several mandibles and humeri).

It was recombined as Paratalpa brachychir by Hutchison (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Talpa brachychir v. Meyer p. 473
1974Paratalpa brachychir Hutchison p. 225

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—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
speciesbrachychir(v. Meyer 1846)

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.

†Paratalpa brachychir v. Meyer 1846
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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, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 1 to the top of the MN 2 or 23.04000 to 20.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Paratalpa brachychir (69617)
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Paratalpa brachychir (66147)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) Paratalpa brachychir (69606)