Leptictidium tobieni Koenigswald and Storch 1987 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pseudorhyncocyonidae

Belongs to Leptictidium according to Koenigswald and Storch 1987

Sister taxa: Leptictidium auderiense, Leptictidium listeri, Leptictidium nasutum, Leptictidium prouti, Leptictidium storchi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Messel, which is in a MP 11 lacustrine shale in the Messel Formation of Germany

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Messel

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