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Desmana (Russian desman)

Mammalia - Talpidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Desmana Guldenstaedt
1799Desman Lacepede
1800Mygale Cuvier pp. table 1
1815Desmanus Rafinesque
1825Mygale Gray p. 339
1829Myogalea Fischer
1830Caprios Wagler
1836Myogale Brandt p. 176
1846Palaeospalax Owen
1953Desmagale Kretzoi
1967Desmagale Van Valen
1967Desmana Van Valen
1968Desmana Kurten p. 48
1988Desmana Carroll

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyTalpidae(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
genusDesmanaGuldenstaedt 1777

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.

G. Desmana Guldenstaedt 1777 [Russian desman]
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G. †Archaeodesmana Topachevski and Pashkov 1983
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†Archaeodesmana adroveri Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana baetica Martín-Suárez et al. 2001
†Archaeodesmana brailloni Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana dekkersi Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana dissona Cailleux et al. 2024
†Archaeodesmana luteyni Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana major Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana primigenia Ziegler 2005
†Archaeodesmana turolense Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana vinea Storch 1978
Invalid names: Dibolia Rümke 1985 [synonym], Ruemkelia Rzebik-Kowalska and Pawlowski 1994 [synonym]
†Desmana inflata Rümke 1985
†Desmana kowalskae Rümke 1985
Desmana moschata Linnaeus 1758 [Russian desman]
†Desmana nehringi Kormos 1913
†Desmana pontica Schreuder 1940
†Desmana pyrenaica Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1811
†Desmana thermalis Kormos 1930
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Invalid names: Desmagale pannonica Kretzoi 1953 [synonym], Desmana crassidens Kretzoi 1953 [synonym], Desmana tegelensis Schreuder 1940 [synonym]
†Desmana verestchagini Topachevski 1961
†Desmana verestchagini amutriensis Radulescu et al. 1989
Invalid names: Caprios Wagler 1830 [synonym], Desmagale Kretzoi 1953 [synonym], Desman Lacepede 1799 [synonym], Desmanus Rafinesque 1815 [synonym], Mygale Cuvier 1800 [synonym], Myogale Brandt 1836 [synonym], Myogalea Fischer 1829 [synonym], Palaeospalax Owen 1846 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:11:42
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:11:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Gingerich 2003, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 9 to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 11.10000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.7 Ma

Collections (100 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) Dibolia pontica (201497)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria Archaeodesmana vinea (66942)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria (Niederösterreich) Archaeodesmana vinea (66943)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Archaeodesmana primigenia (75481)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Austria Archaeodesmana vinea (66944 66945 66946)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) Desmana pontica (37789)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Dibolia vinea (69802)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Niederoesterreich) Desmana sp., Desmana kormosi (32649)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) Dibolia dekkersi (32189)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Kozani) Archaeodesmana getica (205089 205090)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Aragon) Dibolia luteyni (35320 35341 35342) Dibolia major (35321 35346) Dibolia turolense (35316 35319 35339)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Spain (Aragon) Dibolia turolense (69803)
MN 127.75 - 7.246France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Desmana pontica (37047)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Spain Archaeodesmana baetica (68317)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Nei Mongol) Desmana sp. (75300)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Aragon) Desmana sp. (32103) Dibolia brailloni (35343 35344)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece (Florina) Archaeodesmana sp. (214354)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Romania Desmana getica (40795) Desmana sp. (40796)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece (Macedonia) Desmana sp. (35086 35088) Desmana verestchagini, Desmana sp. (35087)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Andalucia) Archaeodesmana sp. (34997)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece Desmana sp. (31229 31931)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation Desmana sp. (34110)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Desmana sp. (39409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Dibolia brailloni (36014)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (Albacete) Desmana nehringi (41931 41932 41933 41937)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania (Oltenia) Desmana verestchagini (39425)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Desmana sp. (35354)
MN 144.9 - 4.2France (Laguedoc-Roussillon Region) Dibolia sp. (37048)
MN 144.9 - 4.2France (Hérault) Dibolia sp. (68418)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Ukraine (Odessa) Ruemkelia sp. (168005)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Spain (Granada) Dibolia dekkersi (69792)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Poland Desmana nehringi (32240)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Turkey (Afion) Desmana bifida (68570)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Poland Desmana nehringi (33396)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588France Dibolia brailloni (49096)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Romania (Wallachia Region) Desmana nehringi (36000 36004)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Desmana nehringi, Desmana thermalis (199747)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Poland Desmana nehringi (33473)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Desmana sp. (35358 35370)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Andalucia) Archaeodesmana sp. (34998)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Desmana nehringi (35368 35369 35371)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Slovakia Desmana nehringi (41026)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece (Evvia) Dibolia bifida (34590)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Fejer) Desmana crassidens, Desmagale pannonica (35374)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Castellon) Desmana sp. (34929)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Netherlands (Limburg) Desmana thermalis (68018)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Poland Desmana sp. (33480)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Ukraine Desmana sp. (41031) Desmana thermalis (41049)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania (Wallachia region) Desmana nehringi (36008)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Desmana moschata (35905 50000)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Barany) Desmana sp. (35427) Desmana thermalis (35457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Russian Federation (Krasnodar. Kray) Desmana sp. (41059)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania (Oltenia) Desmana nehringi (39422)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands Desmana sp., Desmana termalis (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary Desmana sp. (39797)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Granada) Desmana sp. (34898)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Desmana sp. (33975) Desmana thermalis (32145 32195 71662)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Desmana sp. (35431)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen) Desmana thermalis (36213)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Weisbaden) Desmana moschata (34400)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Myogale moschata (77749)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) Desmana thermalis (50258)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania Desmana moschata (40260)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Desmana moschata (50196) Desmana sp. (49999) Desmana thermalis (50198)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Desmana thermalis (36206)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Netherlands Desmana thermalis (109704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic Desmana thermalis (36219)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Budapest) Desmana thermalis (35474)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Desmana moschata (49816)