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Talpa episcopalis

Osteichthyes - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Talpa episcopalis was named by Kormos (1930). Its type locality is Betfia 2, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Romania.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Talpa episcopalis Kormos p. 239
1968Talpa episcopalis Kurten p. 50

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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
speciesepiscopalis

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 episcopalis Kormos 1930
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Kormos 1930...Maulwurf, welcher in Grösse Talpa praeglacialis weit übertrifft.
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, Freeman 1979, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania Talpa episcopalis (type locality: 71662)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Talpa episcopalis (50243)