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Paratalpa micheli

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Paratalpa micheli was named by Lavocat (1951). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NMHN, JU 19, a mandible (mandible dex. with m1-m3 (m1 damaged)).

Subspecies
P. saulcetensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Paratalpa micheli Lavocat p. 43 figs. Pl. 4 fig. 4
1972Paratalpa micheli Hugueney p. 25

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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
genusParatalpaLavocat 1951
speciesmicheliLavocat 1951

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.

†Paratalpa micheli Lavocat 1951
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Hugueney 1972Diagnose originale: ''mandibule talpiforme, les trois prémolaires postérieures biradiculées, p2 et p4 fortes, simples, p3 réduite. Molaires de forme voisine de celles des Galemys, mais ou le bras antérieur de l'hypoconide ne rejoint pas le métaconide. Le trigonide est pincé antéro-postérieurement. Le talonide, à deux tubercules, est plus large que le trigonide, sauf dans m3. L'endoconide triangulaire est aplati du côté lingual.
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: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: MP 28 or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Alpes-de-haute Provence) Paratalpa micheli (200438)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03France (Puy-de-Dôme) Paratalpa micheli (179177)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Paratalpa micheli (59125)
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 - 23.03France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Paratalpa micheli (179146)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Bavaria) Paratalpa micheli (84364)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Paratalpa micheli (66109)
MP 30 - MN 128.4 - 22.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Paratalpa micheli (66110)