DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r2280gbk9
title: List of Talpidae from the Late Miocene of Slovakia, and measurements of the lower molars of Desmanella rietscheli from Dorn-Dürkheim

description: Central Europe is an area of high diversity for the Talpidae
 (Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) during the Late Miocene. The assemblages from
 Slovakia (Borský Svätý Jur, Krásno, Pezinok, Šalgovce, Studienka,
 Triblavina) are no exception with their abundant material representing
 eleven species. The uropsiline Desmanella is represented by D. rietscheli
 and D. dubia. Desmanini fossils are attributed to Archaeodesmana vinea,
 Archaeodesmana dissona nov. sp., Gerhardstorchia biradicata and
 Gerhardstorchia sp. The scalopine Proscapanus minor and P. austriacus are
 well recorded in the Vallesian localities and support the emergence of P.
 austriacus before the MN9/10 transition. Talpini and Urotrichini are
 especially rare and only represented by Talpa cf. minuta and Urotrichini
 gen. sp. indet. Finally, we identified in the MN9 locality of Borský Svätý
 Jur the youngest occurrence of Desmanodon in Europe with D. cf. fluegeli.
 The high Late Miocene central European diversity is partly explained by
 the co-occurence of the competing Scalopini and Talpini during the
 Vallesian, indicating high-resources environments. The decline of these
 tribes, followed by the success of the desmans during the Turolian,
 appears as a consequence of regional environmental changes.
description: # The Late Miocene Talpidae from the Pannonian region, Slovakia Florentin
 Cailleux, Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende and Peter Joniak
 The first file consists of
 a list of dento-gnathic elements and two humerus attributed to the family
 Talpidae. Each line represents a different dental element. The ID is the
 identification number of the material, housed at the department of Geology
 and Paleontology of Comenius University, Bratislava. Additionally is
 provided the locality where each material has been extracted, its
 identification (i=incisor, c=canine, p=premolar, m=molar, mand.=mandible,
 hum.=humerus; Upper elements are indicated with uppercase), its symmetry
 (l=left, r=right) and its generic and specific attribution. The file
 gather the measurements of the specimens, the protocol of which has been
 described in the main document. The abbreviations are: L for length, W for
 width, W1 for anterior width and W2 for posterior width, Lttd for length
 to tuberculum teres posterior; Lpt for length to pectoral tubercle; Ltm
 for length to Tuber major; Wcf for width from capitulum to fossa; Mdd for
 minimum diaphysis diameter; Mdd ref for minimum diaphysis diameter
 parallel to reference line. "n/a" indicates the lack of
 measurements because of the fragmented nature of the specimens. All
 measurements are expressed in millimeters and rounded up to the nearest
 hundredth. The second file is a list of the lower molars of the Talpidae
 Desmanella rietscheli from the german locality Dorn-Dürkheim. The ID is
 the identification number of the material, housed at the Naturmuseum
 Senckenberg Frankfurt, Germany. The file gather the measurements of the
 specimens, the protocol of which has been described in the main document.
 The specimens correspond to first (m1), second (m2) or third (m3) lower
 molar. The abbreviations are: L for lenght, W1 for anterior width and W2
 for posterior width."n/a" indicates the lack of measurements
 because of the fragmented nature of the specimens. Similarly to the first
 file, all measurements are expressed in millimeters and rounded up to the
 nearest hundredth.