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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Meehan and Martin 2010, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections (255 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Puercan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Prodiacodon sp. (14691 14768) | |
| Puercan | USA (Montana) | Palaeictops sp., Prodiacodon crustulum (14766) Prodiacodon crustulum (14666 14759 14799 14800 183112 183113 183114 218653) | |
| Puercan | USA (New Mexico) | Leptictidae indet. (14794) | |
| To2 | Canada (Alberta) | Prodiacodon furor (14894) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | Acmeodon secans (14815 14816 14833 14868 187009) Leptictidae indet., Acmeodon secans (14893) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Texas) | Palaeictops sp. (14956) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Montana) | Myrmecoboides montanensis, Prodiacodon concordiarcensis, Prodiacodon furor (14906) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Utah) | Acmeodon sp., Myrmecoboides sp. (14830) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | Acmeodon hyoni, Diacodon concordiarcensis, Myrmecoboides montanensis (14886) Acmeodon secans (14881 14896 14899) Leptictidae indet., Myrmecoboides sp., Palaeictops sp. (14912) Prodiacodon sp. (14897 14900 14904) Prodiacodon sp., Acmeodon secans (14898 14905) | |
| Torrejonian - Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Acmeodon secans (14858) | |
| Ti1 | Canada (Alberta) | Myrmecoboides montanensis, Prodiacodon concordiarcensis, Prodiacodon furor (14939) | |
| Ti3 | Canada (Alberta) | Prodiacodon sp. (14992) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Acmeodon hyoni (14983) Acmeodon hyoni, Prodiacodon concordiarcensis (198264) Acmeodon secans (15012 15013 15014 15015 15016) Diacodon pearcei (14989) Leptictidae indet. (15036) Myrmecoboides sp. (15017) Palaeictops sp. (15032) Palaeictops sp., Prodiacodon concordiarcensis (15049) Palaeictops sp., Prodiacodon sp. (26569) Prodiacodon concordarcensis (198263) Prodiacodon concordiarcensis, Prodiacodon furor (14936) Prodiacodon paucus (15059) Prodiacodon sp. (15034) Prodiacodon tauricinerei (15058 85096 190462) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Montana) | Acmeodon sp. (14937 15047) Myrmecoboides montanensis (15008) Myrmecoboides montanensis, Prodiacodon concordiarcensis, Prodiacodon furor, Palaeoryctidae indet. (15025) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Colorado) | Xenacodon mutilatus (14967) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (North Dakota) | Prodiacodon sp. (14976) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Prodiacodon sp. (15024) | |
| Clarkforkian | USA (Colorado) | Prodiacodon sp. (15239) | |
| Clarkforkian | USA (Wyoming) | Prodiacodon tauricinerei (15085 15107 15159) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | China (Shandong) | Asioictops mckennai, Scileptictis simplus, Scileptictis stenotalus (77929) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Amphigyion straitae (80580) Didelphodus sp. (15690 154257 154262 154276) Palaeictops bicuspis (15680) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Portugal (Região Centro) | Didelphodus sp. (79200) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | France (Var) | Leptictidae indet., Didelphodus absarokae (35538) | |
| Ypresian | France (Marne) | Didelphodus sp. (35533 35535) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Didelphodus sp., Leptictidae indet. (38868) Leptictidae indet. (133368) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom | Leptictidae indet. (87950) | |
| MP 10 - MP 11 | France | Didelphodus sp. (183396) | |
| Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | Didelphodus sp., Palaeictops multicuspis (15917) Leptictidae indet., Palaeictops multicuspis (15930) Palaeictops sp., Palaeictops multicuspis (15915) | |
| Lysitean - Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | Didelphodus sp., Prodiacodon sp. (15451) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (North Dakota) | Didelphodus sp., Palaeictops tauricinerei (15895) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Diacodon alticuspis (15596) Didelphodus absarokae (15546 15552 15560 15575 15756 15994 16018 46780 46807 46810 46845) Didelphodus absarokae, Palaeictops bicuspis (15553 15554 15558 15578 15687 15694 46692 46820) Didelphodus absarokae, Palaeictops bicuspis, Prodiacodon tauricinerei (15548) Didelphodus absarokae, Palaeictops tauricinerei (16021 16055) Didelphodus absarokae, Prodiacodon tauricinerei (15491 15493 15504 15507 15510 15522 15531 15534 15573) Didelphodus sp. (15580 15892 46690) Didelphodus sp., Palaeictops bicuspis (15576) Didelphodus sp., Palaeictops multicuspis (15559) Didelphodus sp., Palaeictops pineyensis (15964) Didelphodus sp., Palaeictops sp. (16074) Didelphodus ventanus (15910) Leptictidae indet. (15479 15582) Palaeictops bicuspis (15551 15556 15557 15589 15692 15702 46636 46699 46701 46706 46721 46755 46782 46834) Palaeictops bicuspis, Prodiacodon tauricinerei (15577 15586) Palaeictops pineyensis (15486 15662) Palaeictops sp. (15842 15902) Palaeictops sp., Didelphodus absarokae (15934) Palaeictops sp., Prodiacodon sp. (15673 118482) Palaeictops tauricinerei (15455 15893 15932) Prodiacodon sp. (15729 15793 15897) Prodiacodon tauricinerei (15505 15512 15514 15515 15516 15518 15520 15544 15555) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (New Mexico) | Palaeictops sp., Prodiacodon sp. (15446) Prodiacodon sp. (15448) Prodiacodon tauricinerei (15453) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Colorado) | Didelphodus absarokae (15220 15231) Didelphodus absarokae, Palaeictops tauricinerei (15485 15725 15845 15887) Palaeictops bicuspis (15294 15310 15340 15652) Palaeictops bicuspis, Prodiacodon tauricinerei (15225) Palaeictops matthewi (15333 15420 15650) Palaeictops tauricinerei (15450 15480 15660) Prodiacodon tauricinerei (15222 15353 15391) | |
| Wasatchian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Prodiacodon sp. (15583) | |
| Wasatchian - Bridgerian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Leptictidae indet. (15584) | |
| Wasatchian - Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Palaeictops bicuspis (15669) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Utah) | Palaeictops bridgeri (16396) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Diacodon bridgeri (16428) Didelphodus sp., Palaeictops bridgeri (16204) Hypictops syntaphus (16279) Leptictidae indet. (15837) Palaeictops bridgeri (16137 16223 16388 16415 16446 16499) Palaeictops sp., Palaeictops multicuspis (16207) | |
| Early/Lower Uintan | USA (Colorado) | Leptictidae indet. (16623) | |
| Early/Lower Uintan | USA (California) | Leptictidae indet. (16705) | |
| Late/Upper Uintan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Didelphodus serus, Palaeictops borealis, Leptictis sp. (16626) | |
| Late/Upper Uintan | USA (Texas) | Leptictidae indet. (16614) | |
| Uintan | USA (Wyoming) | Leptictidae indet. (16630) Palaeictops altimontis (189827) | |
| Uintan | USA (Utah) | Palaeictops robustus (189826) | |
| Duchesnean | USA (Wyoming) | Palaeictops sp. (16826) | |
| Duchesnean | USA (Texas) | Leptictis douglassi (16835) | |
| Duchesnean | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Didelphodus sp., Leptictis sp. (16846) Palaeictops borealis, Leptictis sp., Didelphodus sp. (16845) | |
| Duchesnean - Chadronian | USA (Montana) | Leptictis sp. (16840) | |
| Priabonian | Spain (Catalonia) | Leptictis sp. (31751) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Wyoming) | Ictops sp. (16908 16952) Leptictis dakotensis (16942 16943) | |
| Chadronian | USA (South Dakota) | Ictops dakotensis (17006 17007) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Texas) | Leptictis wilsoni (17016) | |
| Chadronian | USA (North Dakota) | Leptictis sp. (16991) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Montana) | Ictops magnus, Ictops montanus, Leptictis montanus (16990) | |
| Late/Upper Chadronian | USA (Montana) | Leptictis sp. (17027) | |
| Middle Chadronian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Leptictis sp. (16928) | |
| Chadronian - Orellan | USA (South Dakota) | Megaleptictis altidens (154199) | |
| Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | Leptictis dakotensis, Blacktops sp. (230806) | |
| Orellan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Leptictis sp. (17111) | |
| Orellan | USA (North Dakota) | Leptictis dakotensis (17100) | |
| Orellan | USA (Colorado) | Ictops sp. (17081 17082) | |
| Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | Blacktops longinares, Blacktops latidens (17221) Leptictis sp. (17098 17108) | |
| Orellan | USA (South Dakota) | Ictops dakotensis (17133) Ictops sp. (17094 17102 17174 17187 17188 17189 17190 17198) Leptictis haydeni (17295) Megaleptictis altidens (163487) | |
| Orellan | USA (Wyoming) | Leptictis dakotensis (17104 17105 17106) Leptictis sp. (17318) | |
| Whitneyan | USA (South Dakota) | Ictops sp. (17384) Leptictis dakotensis (17336) | |
| Whitneyan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Leptictis sp. (17372) |