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Talpa gilothi

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Talpa gilothi was named by Storch (1978). It is not extant. Its type specimen is SMF 75/1464, a limb element (Fragment humerus). Its type locality is Dorn-Dürkheim 1, which is in a MN 11 terrestrial horizon in Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Talpa gilothi Storch p. 434 figs. Pl.2 fig. 9

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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)
genusTalpa
speciesgilothi

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.

Talpa gilothi Storch 1978
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Storch 1978Kleine Art. Das vorspringende distale Ende des Processus pectoralis ist laschenförmog und liegt in Vorderansicht des Humerus am Uaßenrand. Das Gebiet zwischen Tuberositas major und Tuberculum pectoralis ist kaum aufgewölbt und die Fläche des Processus pectoralis nach außen hin relativ eben.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-14 21:04:44
Modified: 2011-05-14 06:04:44
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Freeman 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 9 to the top of the MN 11 or 11.10000 to 7.75000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria (Niederösterreich) Talpa gilothi (66943)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria Talpa gilothi (66942)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Austria Talpa gilothi (66944 66945)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Talpa gilothi (type locality: 69802)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) Talpa sp. (37789)