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Mygalea magna

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Mygalea magna was named by Ziegler (1990). It is not extant. Its type specimen is SMNS SMF 87/7, a mandible (mandible sin. with alveoli of i1-p1 and p2-m3 in situ). Its type locality is Budenheim and Heßler quarries, which is in a MN 2 peritidal limestone in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Mygalea magna Ziegler p. 10 figs. Pl. 2, fig. 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)
subfamilyDesmaninaeThomas 1912
genusMygaleaSchreuder 1940
speciesmagna

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.

Mygalea magna Ziegler 1990
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Ziegler 1990Große Mygalea-Art, Forr. mentalia unter p1/p2 und unter vm1, For. mandibulae über dem aboralen Ende der Linea mylohyoidae, m1>>m2. Hukerus land und schlank, beulenförmiges Tub. teres, spitzes Tub. pectoralis, breites Distalende.