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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.
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1989 | Talpa neagui Radulescu and Samson p. 305 figs. Fig. 1,1 |
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†Talpa neagui Radulescu and Samson 1989
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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C. Radulescu and P.-M. Samson 1989 | A 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. |