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Desmaninae

Mammalia - Talpidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Myogalina Mivart
1912Desmaninae Thomas
1967Desmaninae Van Valen
2000Desmaninae Mors et al. p. 152
2001Desmaninae Martín-Suárez et al. p. 548

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
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)
subfamilyDesmaninaeThomas 1912
subfamilyDesmaninaeThomas 1912

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.

Subfm. Desmaninae Thomas 1912
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G. †Archaeodesmana Topachevski and Pashkov 1983
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Archaeodesmana adroveri Rümke 1985
Archaeodesmana baetica Martín-Suárez et al. 2001
Archaeodesmana brailloni Rümke 1985
Archaeodesmana dekkersi Rümke 1985
Archaeodesmana luteyni Rümke 1985
Archaeodesmana major Rümke 1985
Archaeodesmana primigenia Ziegler 2005
Archaeodesmana turolense Rümke 1985
Archaeodesmana vinea Storch 1978
Invalid names: Dibolia Rümke 1985 [synonym], Ruemkelia Rzebik-Kowalska and Pawlowski 1994 [synonym]
G. Galemys Kaup 1829 [Pyrenean desman]
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Galemys kormosi Schreuder 1940
Galemys pyrenaicus Geoffroy 1811 [Pyrenean desman]
Galemys semseyi Kormos 1913
Galemys sulimskii Rümke 1985
Invalid names: Galomys Agassiz 1846 [synonym], Mygalina Saint-Hilaire 1835 [synonym]
G. †Geomana Brunner 1957
G. †Mygalea Schreuder 1940
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Mygalea antiqua Pomel 1848
Mygalea jaegeri Seemann 1938
Mygalea magna Ziegler 1990
G. †Mygalinia Schreuder 1940
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Mygalinia hungarica Kormos 1913
G. †Paratalpa Lavocat 1951
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Paratalpa brachychir v. Meyer 1846
Paratalpa meyeri Schlosser 1877
Paratalpa micheli Lavocat 1951
Invalid names: Teutonotalpa Hutchison 1974 [synonym]
G. †Storchia Dahlmann 2001
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Storchia biradicata Ziegler 2006
Invalid names: Myogalina Mivart 1871 [synonym]
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, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 23 to the top of the Calabrian or 33.90000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections (97 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Czech Republic Paratalpa sp. (91467)
MP 23 - MP 2533.9 - 23.03Germany (Hesse) Paratalpa sp. (186510)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) Desmaninae indet. (175920)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Alpes-de-haute Provence) Paratalpa micheli (200438)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Paratalpa micheli (59125)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03France (Puy-de-Dôme) Paratalpa micheli (179177)
MP 28 - MP 2928.4 - 23.03France (Quercy) Paratalpa micheli (36716)
MP 2928.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Paratalpa micheli (74679)
MP 2928.4 - 23.03Spain (Aragon) Paratalpa micheli (68420)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Paratalpa micheli (66109)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Paratalpa micheli (179146)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) Paratalpa sp. (84606)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Bavaria) Paratalpa micheli (84364)
MP 30 - MN 128.4 - 22.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Paratalpa micheli (66110)
MN 123.03 - 22.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mygalea jaegeri (66176) Paratalpa brachychir (66147)
MN 123.03 - 22.4Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Paratalpa brachychir (69617)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Paratalpa meyeri (52566)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany (Bayern) Paratalpa meyeri (52567)
Agenian23.03 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) Paratalpa indet. (203090)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) Dibolia pontica (201497)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) Mygalea magna, Paratalpa brachychir (69606)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mygalea jaegeri (66139) Paratalpa meyeri, Mygalea jaegeri (66138)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mygalea antiqua (69098)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Czech Republic (Ústí nad Labem) Mygalea magna (48173)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mygalea jaegeri (48325)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Desmaninae indet., Mygalea antiqua (46955)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Russian Federation (Irkutsk) Desmaninae indet. (205812)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Mygalea antiqua (32191)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) Storchia meszaroshi (58983)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) Mygalea antiqua (67161)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria (Niederösterreich) Storchia biradicata, Archaeodesmana vinea (66943)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria Storchia biradicata (66941) Storchia biradicata, Archaeodesmana vinea (66942)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Archaeodesmana primigenia (75481)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Austria Archaeodesmana vinea (66944) Storchia biradicata, Archaeodesmana vinea (66945 66946)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Niederoesterreich) Desmana kormosi (32649)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) Desmana pontica (37789)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Dibolia vinea (69802)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) Dibolia dekkersi (32189)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Kozani) Archaeodesmana getica (205089 205090)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Aragon) Dibolia luteyni (35320 35341 35342) Dibolia major (35321 35346) Dibolia turolense (35316 35319 35339)
MN 127.75 - 7.246France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Desmana pontica (37047)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Spain (Aragon) Dibolia turolense (69803)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Spain Archaeodesmana baetica (68317)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Moldova Desmaninae indet. (198590)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Andalucia) Archaeodesmana sp. (34997)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece (Macedonia) Desmana sp. (35087 35088)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece (Florina) Archaeodesmana sp. (214354)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Aragon) Desmana sp. (32103) Dibolia brailloni (35343 35344)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Romania Desmana getica (40795)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588France (Gard) Galemys sp. (68414)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania Desmana kormosi (40121)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Dibolia brailloni (36014)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania (Oltenia) Desmana kormosi (39418)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Desmana kormosi (35359)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Spain (Granada) Dibolia dekkersi (69792)
MN 144.9 - 4.2France (Hérault) Dibolia sp. (68418)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Ukraine (Odessa) Desmaninae indet., Ruemkelia sp. (168005)
MN 144.9 - 4.2France (Laguedoc-Roussillon Region) Dibolia sp. (37048)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Turkey (Afion) Desmana bifida (68570)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Poland Desmana kormosi (33396)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Romania (Wallachia region) Desmana kormosi (35999)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588France Dibolia brailloni (49096)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Turkey (Eskişehir) Desmaninae indet. (230654 230655 230656 230657)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Galemys kormosi (205172) Galemys sp. (199747)
MN 163.2 - 2.588France Galemys sp. (47100)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Austria (Lower Austria) Desmana kormosi (167680)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Poland Desmana kormosi (33473 33638)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece (Evvia) Dibolia bifida (34590)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Andalucia) Archaeodesmana sp. (34998)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Netherlands (Limburg) Galemys kormosi (68018)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey (Eskişehir) Desmaninae indet. (230658)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands Galemys kormosi (189574)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) Galemys kormosi (40985)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) Desmaninae indet. (34765)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) Galemys sp. (34872)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Spain (Castilla-Leon) Galemys sp. (34870)