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Paratalpa ✝

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4831071https://www.gbif.org/species/4831071
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)40419https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40419
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : Paratalpa
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lipotyphla : Talpidae : Paratalpa
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
orderLipotyphlaHaeckel 1866
familyTalpidae
subfamilyDesmaninaeThomas 1912
genusParatalpaLavocat 1952
Scientific NameParatalpa Lavocat, 1952
Name Published InRévision de la faune des mammiféres Oligocenes d'Auvergne et du Velay. Editions "Sciences et Avenir", Paris
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Paratalpagenusbelongs to Desmaninaestated without evidenceVan Valen, 1967
Paratalpagenusbelongs to TalpidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance22.4 - 20.0 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore (based on Talpidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Paratalpa brachychir ✝
species		listed (PBDB)323.0 Ma
Miocene		22.4 Ma
Miocene
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Paratalpa micheli ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1028.4 Ma
Oligocene		28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Talpa brachychir
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Talpa meyeri ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		323.0 Ma
Miocene		22.4 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1951Paratalpa Lavocat
1967Paratalpa Van Valen
1974Teutonotalpa Hutchison p. 233
1988Paratalpa Carroll

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Van Valen L. (1967) New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 5, 217-284
Hutchison J. H. (1974) Notes on type specimen of European Miocene Talpidae and a tentative classification of Old World Tertiary Talpidae (Insectivora: Mammalia), Geobios No. 7 fasc. 3, 211-256
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Révision de la faune des mammiféres Oligocenes d'Auvergne et du Velay. Editions "Sciences et Avenir", Paris - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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