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Taxonomy
Talpa minuta was named by Blainville (1840) [Lectotype : humerus lacking much of proximal end and epicondylar wings (from Hutchison, 1974)]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is MNHN unnumbered, a limb element (humerus).
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1840 | Talpa minuta Blainville p. 97 |
1974 | Talpa minuta Hutchison p. 227 |
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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 minuta Blainville 1840
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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Hutchison 1974 | Small mole (humerus about 9,4 +/- 0,2 mm long); humerus relatively slender, distance between distal end of pectoral crest and distal end of humerus about 37% of total length; distance between distal terminus of teres tubercle and distal end about 44% of total length; length of teres tubercle about 24% of total length; maximum proximal width about 73% of total length. |