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Leptoplesictis senutae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy
Leptoplesictis senutae was named by Morales et al. (2008). Its type specimen is GT6 - 1’06, a mandible (right mandible with p/1-m/2.), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grillental, which is in a Miocene fluvial siliciclastic in the Elisabeth Bay Formation of Namibia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Leptoplesictis senutae Morales et al. p. 303

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyViverridae
genusLeptoplesictisForsyth-Major 1903
speciessenutae

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.

†Leptoplesictis senutae Morales et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available