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Litolestes
Taxonomy
Litolestes was named by Jepsen (1930). It is not extant. Its type is Litolestes ignotus.
It was assigned to Creotarsinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Erinaceidae by Jepsen (1930), Novacek et al. (1985), Scott (2006) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Creotarsinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Erinaceidae by Jepsen (1930), Novacek et al. (1985), Scott (2006) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
Species
L. ignotus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1930 | Litolestes Jepsen |
| 1967 | Litolestes Van Valen |
| 1985 | Litolestes Novacek et al. p. 10 |
| 2006 | Litolestes Scott p. 1706 |
| 2008 | Litolestes Gunnell 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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Ti3 or 58.70000 to 56.80000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ti3 | Canada (Alberta) | L. ignotus (14992) | |
| Ti4 | Canada (Saskatchewan) | L. ignotus (14978) | |
| Tiffanian | Canada (Alberta) | L. ignotus (14934 14941 14959 14995) L. sp. (14973) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | L. ignotus (15032 15049 15057 15065) L. sp. (26569) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | L. ignotus (15024) |