Talpa masinii n. sp., a new fossil mole species from the late Villanyian fauna of Rivoli Veronese (north-eastern Italy) in the context of the European fossil record of genus Talpa
| Pages | 285–311 |
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| DOI | 10.37520/fi.2024.022 |
| Keywords | Talpa, taxonomy, biochronology, Early Pleistocene, Europe |
| Type of Article | Peer-reviewed |
| Citation | MARCHETTI, Marco. Talpa masinii n. sp., a new fossil mole species from the late Villanyian fauna of Rivoli Veronese (north-eastern Italy) in the context of the European fossil record of genus Talpa. Fossil Imprint / Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B – Historia Naturalis. Prague: National Museum, 2024, 80(2), 285–311. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/fi.2024.022. ISSN 2533-4050 (tisk), 2533-4069 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/fossil-imprint-acta-musei-nationalis-pragae-series-b-historia-naturalis/80-2/talpa-masinii-n-sp-a-new-fossil-mole-species-from-the-late-villanyian-fauna-of-rivoli-veronese-north-eastern-italy-in-the-context-of-the-european-fossil-record-of-genus-talpa |
Rivoli Veronese (Verona, north-eastern Italy) is a karst fissure filling that yielded an Early Pleistocene fauna, including many remains belonging to the genus Talpa, assigned to the late Villanyian rodent age. Some of these remains, characterized by tiny size and primitive features, were already in the past suggested to represent a new mole species. To better characterize this mole, a re-analysis of the most representative fossil and living populations of the genus Talpa was performed. This allowed confirmation that it represents a new species, which was named Talpa masinii n. sp., to infer that this species existed in earlier periods in Central Europe too, and to better define the taxonomy and biochronology of the fossil Talpa populations.
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