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Galemys kormosi

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Desmana kormosi was named by Schreuder (1940). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Nat. Mus. Bud. 4045, a maxilla (Fragment maxilla sin with P4-M3).

It was recombined as Galemys kormosi by Rümke (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Desmana kormosi Schreuder p. 314 fig. 19
1985Galemys kormosi Rümke p. 174

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—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)
subfamilyDesmaninaeThomas 1912
genusGalemysKaup 1829
specieskormosi(Schreuder 1940)

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.

†Galemys kormosi Schreuder 1940
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. G. Rümke 1985The mean length of the p2 is about 1.54 mm, the mean length of the p3 is about 1.52 mm, the mean length of the p4 is about 1.81 mm; the p2/p3 ratio is about 1.01. The p1 is double-rooted. The mean length of the C is about 1.32 mm, the mean length of the P2 is about 1.88 mm, the mean length of the P3 is about 1.70 mm; the P2/P3 ratio is about 1.11, the P1 is double rooted.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:11:51
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:11:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the MN 16 to the top of the MN 17 or 3.20000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania Desmana kormosi (40121)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania (Oltenia) Desmana kormosi (39418)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Desmana kormosi (35359)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Romania (Wallachia region) Desmana kormosi (35999)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Galemys kormosi (205172)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Poland Desmana kormosi (33473 33638)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Austria (Lower Austria) Desmana kormosi (167680)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Netherlands (Limburg) Galemys kormosi (68018)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands Galemys kormosi (189574)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) Galemys kormosi (40985)