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Talpa neagui

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Talpa neagui was named by Radulescu and Samson (1989). Its type specimen is LPUB Br001, a set of postcrania (Humerus dext. broken distally), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Beresti, which is in the Pliocene of horizon Romania.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Talpa neagui Radulescu and Samson p. 305 figs. Fig. 1,1

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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
speciesneagui

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Talpa neagui Radulescu and Samson 1989
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. Radulescu and P.-M. Samson 1989A small-sized species of Talpa, less adapted to fossorial way of life in comparison with the younger species of the genus. Humerus distinguished by the pectoral process moderately depressed; region between greater tuberosity and pectoral tubercle slightly convex, rather flat; shaft relatively robust; pectoral tubercle place approximately on the middle of the shaft.