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Leipsanolestes

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Leipsanolestes was named by Simpson (1928). It is not extant. Its type is Leipsanolestes siegfriedti.

It was synonymized subjectively with Leptacodon by Simpson (1929), Simpson (1935), Simpson (1945), Gazin (1949); it was synonymized subjectively with Entomolestes by McKenna (1960), Van Valen (1967), Delson (1971); it was synonymized subjectively with Talpavus by Robinson (1968).

It was assigned to Adapisoricidae by Hay (1930); to Erinaceomorpha by Simpson (1928), Krishtalka (1976), Bown and Schankler (1982), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Erinaceidae by Novacek et al. (1985), Scott (2006); and to Erinaceoidea by Gunnell et al. (2008).

Species
L. siegfriedti (type species)
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Leipsanolestes Simpson
1930Leipsanolestes Hay p. 451
1976Leipsanolestes Krishtalka
1982Leipsanolestes Bown and Schankler
1985Leipsanolestes Novacek et al. p. 11
1997Leipsanolestes McKenna and Bell
2006Leipsanolestes Scott p. 1706
2008Leipsanolestes Gunnell et al.

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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()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
superfamilyErinaceoidae(Gill 1872)
genusLeipsanolestes

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. †Leipsanolestes Simpson 1928
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Clarkforkian to the top of the Wasatchian or 57.50000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (Montana) Entomolestes siegfriedti (15079)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) L. siegfriedti (15082 15085 15092 15152) L. sp. (15072)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Entomolestes nitens (16055) L. siegfriedti (15694 15707 46790 46814) L. sp., L. siegfriedti (15504)