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A gap in digging: the Talpidae of Petersbuch 28 (Germany, Early Miocene)

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In the Miocene, the talpid diversity was much higher than today. Especially the semifossorial and ambulatory moles were farther distributed and more common. Here, the talpids from the Bavarian fissure filling Petersbuch 28 (Early Miocene, MN 3) are described. The uropsiline Desmanella engesseri Ziegler, 1985 is the most frequent species, followed by Myxomygale hutchisoni (Ziegler, 1985), an urotrichine less specialized towards burrowing. The fossorial talpids Talpa sp. and Proscapanus intercedens Ziegler, 1985 are represented by humeri, P. intercedens by a few teeth. Some teeth could not be determined to species level. Among the rich postcranial material, the humerus of Desmanella engesseri was found for the first time. Compared to other Miocene localities, Petersbuch 28 is unique in the dominance of only superficially burrowing and semifossorial talpids. In the time from MN 2 to MN 7 + 8 (Early to Middle Miocene), the fossorial talpids were less dominant during MN 2 and most of MN 3, became more frequent during MN 4 and were predominant from MN 5 onward.

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Im Miozän war die Diversität der Talpiden deutlich höher. Besonders die weniger oder gar nicht grabenden Arten waren weiter verbreitet und häufiger. Die Talpiden der Bayerischen Spaltenfüllung Petersbuch 28 werden beschrieben. Desmanella engesseri Ziegler, 1985 ist die häufigste Art, gefolgt von Myxomygale hutchisoni (Ziegler, 1985). Talpa sp. und Proscapanus intercedens Ziegler, 1985 sind vor allem durch Humeri vertreten, Proscapanus auch durch einen Zahn. Einige Zähne konnten nicht näher bestimmt werden. Postcraniales Material der Arten wird ebenfalls beschrieben, inklusive des Humerus von D. engesseri. Im Vergleich mit anderen miozänen Fundstellen Süddeutschlands ist Petersbuch 28 einzigartig in der Dominanz der nur oberflächlich grabenden Talpiden. In dem zum Vergleich herangezogenen Zeitraum wurden die tiefer grabenden Talpiden während MN 4 häufiger und waren von MN 5 bis MN 7 + 8 vorherrschend.

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Acknowledgments

We want to thank Gerhard Storch for the predetermination of most species. Also, we want to express thankfulness towards Reinhard Ziegler for giving helpful advice. We are indebted towards Christa Hofmann and Hugh Rice for granting access and helping with the SEM and towards Rica Stepanek for an introduction to the Keyence-microscope. Many thanks to Frank Zachos and Rudolf Bibl from the Naturhistorischen Museum Wien for granting access to recent small mammals for identification of the postcrania. We are very grateful to Marcelo Sánchez-Villagra and Jérôme Prieto for reviewing the manuscript and helping to improve it.

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  1. Department of Palaeontology, University Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Johannes Klietmann & Doris Nagel

  2. Naturmuseum, Augusta Arcaden, Ludwigstraße 2, 86152, Augsburg, Germany

    Michael Rummel

  3. Naturalis, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende

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Klietmann, J., Nagel, D., Rummel, M. et al. A gap in digging: the Talpidae of Petersbuch 28 (Germany, Early Miocene). Paläontol Z 89, 563–592 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-014-0228-2

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