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Desmanella amasyae

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Desmanella amasyae was named by Engesser (1980). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NMB Ama-3, a mandible (sin. p2-m3 with 2 decidious molars and an incisor). Its type locality is Amasya, which is in a MN 13 terrestrial horizon in Turkey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Desmanella amasyae Engesser p. 101 figs. Fig. 40b

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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)
subfamilyUropsilinaeDobson 1883
genusDesmanellaEngesser 1972
speciesamasyae

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.

†Desmanella amasyae Engesser 1980
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Engesser 1980Grosse Art von Desmanella mit stark verl:angertem, von kräftigem Vorder- und Hintercingulum umschlossenen P4. P1-P3 sehr klein und einwurzelig. Das Posterolingual-Cingulum von M1 und M2 verläuft nicht um den Metaconulus herum. p4 ausserordentlich lang und hoch mit geradem unterem Zahnrand; p2 un p3 sehr klein und einwurzelig, breiter als lang; p2 grösser als p3. Talonid des m1 stark nach posterolabial verlängert. Cingulum von m1 und m2 schwach entwickelt, am m1 an der Basis des Protoconids, am m2 auf der Höhe des Hypoconids untrebrochen. Crista obliqua der unteren Molaren am Hinterhang des Trigonids tief ansetzend.