Talpa tyrrhenica
| Tyrrhenian mole Temporal range:
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| Fossil humerus of the Tyrrhenian mole (Talpa tyrrhenica) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Genus: | Talpa |
| Species: | †T. tyrrhenica
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| †Talpa tyrrhenica Bate, 1945
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The Tyrrhenian mole (Talpa tyrrhenica) is an extinct species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It was endemic to the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia during the Pleistocene epoch.
First described in 1945 by Dorothea Bate,[1] this species is known from several palaeontological sites of Sardinia ranging in age from Lower to Upper Pleistocene,[1][2] and in one site of Middle Pleistocene age in southern Corsica.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b Bate, Dorothea M.A. (1945). "XLII. — The pleistocene mole of Sardinia". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 11. 12 (91): 448–461. doi:10.1080/00222934508654743.
- ^ Abbazzi, Laura; Angelone, Chiara; Arca, Marisa; Barisone, Giancarlo; Bedetti, Claudia; Delfino, Massimo; Kotsakis, Tassos; Marcolini, Federica; Palombo, Maria Rita; Pavia, Marco; Piras, Paolo; Rook, Lorenzo; Torre, Danilo; Tuveri, Caterinella; Valli, Andrea M.F.; Wilkens, Barbara (2004). "Plio-Pleistocene fossil vertebrates of Monte Tuttavista (Orosei, Eastern Sardinia, Italy), an overview". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 110 (3): 681–706. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/5832.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ Pereira, Elisabeth; Ottaviani-Spella, Marie-Madeleine; Salotti, Michelle (2001). "Nouvelle datation (Pléistocène moyen) du gisement de Punta di Calcina (Conca, Corse du Sud) par la découverte de Talpa tyrrhenica Bate, 1945 et d'une forme primitive de Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) henseli Forsyth-Major, 1882". Geobios (in French). 34 (6): 697–705. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(01)80031-0.
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