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Leptictidae
Taxonomy
Leptictidae was named by Gill (1872). It is not extant. Its type is Leptictis.
It was assigned to Creodonta by Cope (1889); to Lipotyphla by Jaekel (1911); to Erinaceoidae by Hay (1930); to Insectivora by Hay (1902), Simpson (1927), Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Johnson (1966); to Tupaioidea by Van Valen (1967); to Proteutheria by Novacek (1976); to Erinaceomorpha by Gregory (1910), Novacek et al. (1985); to Leptictida by McKenna and Bell (1997), Wible et al. (2007), Meehan and Martin (2010); to Tamirtheria by Velazco et al. (2022); and to Leptictida by Silcox et al. (2010), Clemens (2015), Velazco and Novacek (2016), Korth (2022), Korth et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Creodonta by Cope (1889); to Lipotyphla by Jaekel (1911); to Erinaceoidae by Hay (1930); to Insectivora by Hay (1902), Simpson (1927), Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Johnson (1966); to Tupaioidea by Van Valen (1967); to Proteutheria by Novacek (1976); to Erinaceomorpha by Gregory (1910), Novacek et al. (1985); to Leptictida by McKenna and Bell (1997), Wible et al. (2007), Meehan and Martin (2010); to Tamirtheria by Velazco et al. (2022); and to Leptictida by Silcox et al. (2010), Clemens (2015), Velazco and Novacek (2016), Korth (2022), Korth et al. (2022).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1872 | Leptictidae Gill |
1874 | Isacidae Cope |
1887 | Ictopsidae Schlosser |
1889 | Leptictidae Cope p. 876 |
1902 | Leptictidae Hay p. 738 |
1910 | Leptictidae Gregory p. 464 |
1911 | Leptictidae Jaekel p. 210 |
1927 | Leptictidae Simpson p. 6 |
1930 | Leptictidae Hay p. 429 |
1965 | Leptictidae Sloan and Van Valen p. 225 |
1966 | Leptictidae Johnson p. 80 |
1967 | Leptictidae Van Valen |
1976 | Leptictidae Novacek p. 3 |
1985 | Leptictidae Novacek et al. p. 464 |
1997 | Leptictidae McKenna and Bell |
2007 | Leptictidae Wible et al. |
2010 | Leptictidae Meehan and Martin p. 102 |
2010 | Leptictidae Silcox et al. |
2015 | Leptictidae Clemens |
2016 | Leptictidae Velazco and Novacek p. 4 |
2022 | Leptictidae Korth p. 310 |
2022 | Leptictidae Korth et al. |
2022 | Leptictidae Velazco et al. |
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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.
Fm. †Leptictidae Gill 1872
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G. †Blacktops Meehan and Martin 2010
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†Blacktops latidens Meehan and Martin 2010
†Blacktops longinares Meehan and Martin 2010
Subfm. †Didelphodontinae Matthew 1918
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G. †Didelphodus Cope 1882
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†Didelphodus absarokae Cope 1881
†Didelphodus rheos Storer 1995
†Didelphodus serus Storer 1984
Invalid names: Didelphyodus Winge 1923 [synonym]
Subfm. †Leptictinae Gill 1872
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G. †Acmeodon Matthew and Granger 1921
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G. †Leptictis Leidy 1868
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†Leptictis acutidens Douglass 1902
†Leptictis bullatus Matthew 1899
†Leptictis dakotensis Leidy 1868
†Leptictis douglassi Novacek 1976
†Leptictis haydeni Leidy 1868
†Leptictis montanus Douglass 1905
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Invalid names: Ictops intermedius Douglass 1905 [synonym], Ictops tenuis Douglass 1905 [synonym]
†Leptictis thomsoni Matthew 1903
†Leptictis wilsoni Novacek 1976
Invalid names: Ictidops Winge 1917 [synonym], Ictops Leidy 1868 [synonym], Ictops major Douglass 1905 [nomen dubium], Isacis Cope 1873 [synonym], Isacis caniculus Cope 1873 [nomen dubium]
G. †Mesodectes Cope 1875
Invalid names: Diacodontinae Trouessart 1879 [synonym]
G. †Myrmecoboides Gidley 1915
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†Myrmecoboides arenarius Secord 2008
†Myrmecoboides montanensis Gidley 1915
G. †Palaeictops Matthew 1899
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†Palaeictops altimontis Velazco and Novacek 2016
†Palaeictops bicuspis Cope 1880
†Palaeictops borealis Russell 1965
†Palaeictops bridgeri Simpson 1959
†Palaeictops matthewi Novacek 1977
†Palaeictops robustus Velazco and Novacek 2016
Invalid names: Palaeictidops Winge 1917 [synonym], Parictops Granger 1910 [synonym]
G. †Prodiacodon Matthew 1929
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†Prodiacodon crustulum Novacek 1977
†Prodiacodon furor Novacek 1977
†Prodiacodon paucus Secord 2008
Invalid names: Palaeolestes Matthew and Granger 1918 [synonym]
G. †Scileptictis Tong and Wang 2006
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†Scileptictis simplus Tong and Wang 2006
†Scileptictis stenotalus Tong and Wang 2006
G. †Stenoleptictis Korth 2022
Invalid names: Gypsonictopinae Van Valen 1967 [empty], Ictopsidae Schlosser 1887 [synonym], Isacidae Cope 1874 [synonym], Procerberinae Sloan and Van Valen 1965 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available