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Desmana nehringi

Osteichthyes - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Desmana nehringi was named by Kormos (1913). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NHMW 180, a mandible (fragment mandible with pm4 and m1).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. moschata, D. termalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Desmana nehringi Kormos
1968Desmana nehringi Kurten p. 49
1985Desmana nehringi Rümke p. 198

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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)
genusDesmanaGuldenstaedt 1777
speciesnehringi

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.

†Desmana nehringi Kormos 1913
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. G. Rümke 1985The mean length of the p2 is about 2.04 mm, the mean length of the p3 is about 1.97 mm, the mean length of the p4 is about 2.38 mm; the p2/p3 ratio is about 1.04. The mean length of the C is about 1.79 mm, the mean length of the P2 is about 2.56 mm, the mean length of the P3 is about 2.10 mm; the P2/P3 ratio is about 1.22. The P1 is double-rooted.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:11:42
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:11:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Gingerich 2003, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 14 to the top of the MN 16 or 5.09000 to 2.24500 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 145.09 - 4.16Poland Desmana nehringi (32240)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Romania (Wallachia Region) Desmana nehringi (36000 36004)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Desmana nehringi (199747)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Poland Desmana nehringi (33473)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) Desmana nehringi (35368 35369 35371)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Slovakia Desmana nehringi (41026)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania (Wallachia region) Desmana nehringi (36008)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania (Oltenia) Desmana nehringi (39422)