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Leptictidium

Osteichthyes - Pseudorhyncocyonidae

Taxonomy
Leptictidium was named by Tobien (1962). It is not extant. Its type is Leptictidium auderiense.

It was assigned to Procerberinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Pseudorhyncocyonidae by Carroll (1988), Hooker (2013).

Species
L. auderiense (type species), L. listeri, L. nasutum, L. prouti, L. storchi, L. tobieni
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Mannion on 2015-11-06

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Leptictidium Tobien
1967Leptictidium Van Valen
1988Leptictidium Carroll
2013Leptictidium Hooker

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
superorderLeptictida
familyPseudorhyncocyonidaeSigé 1974
genusLeptictidiumTobien 1962

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Leptictidium Tobien 1962
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†Leptictidium auderiense Tobien 1962
†Leptictidium listeri Hooker 2013
†Leptictidium nasutum Storch and Lister 1985
†Leptictidium prouti Hooker 2013
†Leptictidium storchi Hooker 2013
†Leptictidium tobieni Koenigswald and Storch 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the MP 18 or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) L. prouti (38868 133368 174239)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) L. listeri (45741) L. sp. (13322)
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) L. auderiense, L. nasutum, L. tobieni (22701)
MP 1837.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) L. storchi (12851)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) L. storchi (12842) Pseudorhynchocyon cayluxi (12849)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Aquitaine Region) L. storchi (174240)