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Leptotheridium

Mammalia - Xiphodontidae

Taxonomy
Leptotheridium was named by Stehlin (1910). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cebochoeridae by Carroll (1988); to Dacrytheriidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Xiphodontidae by Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al. (2006) and Erfurt and Metais (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Leptotheridium Stehlin
1988Leptotheridium Carroll
1997Leptotheridium McKenna and Bell p. 406
2006Leptotheridium Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al.
2007Leptotheridium Erfurt and Metais p. 75

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
superfamilyAnoplotherioideaBonaparte 1850
familyXiphodontidaeFlower 1883
genusLeptotheridiumStehlin 1910

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. †Leptotheridium Stehlin 1910
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†Leptotheridium lugeoni Stehlin 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 3 kgs
Minimum body mass: 3 kgs
Body mass estimate: 3 kg
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: frugivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: Diet inferred from tooth morphologyg
Created: 2005-09-01 06:14:15
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:14:15
Source: s = species, g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Legendre 1988, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Blondel 1996

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 15 - MP 1648.6 - 37.2Spain (Salamanca) L. sp. (40892)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France L. traguloides (184468)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) L. traguloides (31736)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) L. traguloides (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) Leptotheridium indet. (40358)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) L. sp. (177581)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland L. traguloides, L. lugeoni (31742)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Barcelona) L. sp. (182219)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) L. traguloides (31720 31721)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain L. lugeoni (31750)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) L. lugeoni (31756)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) L. lugeoni (12841 12849 31740 31745 31766)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) L. lugeoni (31751)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) L. lugeoni (31724 31757 31758 31760)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) L. lugeoni (12848 12853)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) L. lugeoni (12850)