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Desmanodon minor

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Desmanodon minor was named by Engesser (1980). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NMB Sar-2, a mandible (dext. with p3-m3). Its type locality is Saricay, which is in a MN 7 + 8 terrestrial horizon in Turkey.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. remmerti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Desmanodon minor Engesser p. 121
2010Desmanodon minor Prieto p. 218

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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)
genusDesmanodon
speciesminor

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.

†Desmanodon minor Engesser 1980
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Engesser 1980Neue Art der Gattung Desmanodon mit etwas kleineren Dimensionen als die Typusart, vor allem mit grazileren Molaren; Protoconus der oberen Molaren weniger massig. p3 mit zwei Wurzeln; m1 deutlich kleiner als m2. M3 mit weit vorstehenden Parastyl. Innen- und Hinterwurzel von P4 meist nicht verwachsen. p3 und p4 relativ gross; Mandibelknochen verhältnismässig kräftig. Humerus bedeutend kleiner und weniger spezialisiert als jener von D. major, mit vergleichweise kürzerer teres-Kante.