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Desmanodon ziegleri

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Desmanodon ziegleri was named by van den Hoek Ostende (1997). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MTA Ha1-4049, a tooth (M2 sup. sin.). Its type locality is Harami 1, which is in a Miocene lacustrine horizon in Turkey.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. remmerti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Desmanodon ziegleri van den Hoek Ostende p. 33
2010Desmanodon ziegleri 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
speciesziegleri

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 ziegleri van den Hoek Ostende 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. W. van den Hoek Ostende 1997Desmanodon ziegleri is a medium-sized species of Desmanodon (M2 = 1.74). The mesostyle of the upper molars is incompletely to well divided with the two cusplets standing closely together. The talonid of the m1 is only somewhat wider than the trigonid. The protoconule on M1 and M2 is always present. The pectoral crest of the humerus is pronounced.