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Leptacodon

Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Leptacodon Matthew and Granger
1930Leptacodon Hay p. 432
1967Leptacodon Van Valen
1969Leptacodon Gazin p. 4
1976Leptacodon Krishtalka
1982Leptacodon Bown and Schankler
1986Leptacodon Hooker p. 239
1987Leptacodon Gingerich p. 302
1988Leptacodon Carroll
2006Leptacodon Lopatin
2008Leptacodon Gunnell et al.
2012Leptacodon Rose et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
superfamilySoricoideaGill 1872
familyNyctitheriidaeSimpson 1928
genusLeptacodon

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. †Leptacodon Matthew and Granger 1921
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Leptacodon acherontus Secord 2008
Leptacodon catulus Krishtalka 1976
Leptacodon choristus Secord 2008
Leptacodon donkroni Rose et al. 2012
Leptacodon minutulus Dorr 1958
Leptacodon munusculum Simpson 1935
Leptacodon nascimentoi Estravís 1996
Leptacodon packi Jepsen 1930
Leptacodon proserpinae Van Valen 1978
Leptacodon tener Matthew and Granger 1921
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 09:08:46
Modified: 2005-09-01 11:08:46
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hooker 2001, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Wasatchian or 72.20000 to 50.50000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Portugal (Coimbra) L. sp. (49276)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Montana) L. proserpinae (14766)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) L. tener (14962)
To263.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) L. munusculum, L. tener (14894)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) L. munusculum (14912) L. tener (14886)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) L. munusculum (14906)
Ti160.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) L. munusculum, L. packi, L. tener (14939)
Ti360.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) L. munusculum, L. tener (14928) L. packi (14992)
Ti460.9 - 56.2Canada (Saskatchewan) L. packi (14978)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) L. packi (14929 14934 14954) L. packi, L. tener (14973) L. tener (14995)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) L. munusculum, L. tener, L. acherontus (15017) L. munusculus (14936) L. packi (15032 15049) L. packi, L. sp. (26569) L. sp. (14926 15034) L. tener (14952 14974)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Colorado) L. tener (14967 174227)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Montana) L. munusculum (15025) L. munusculum, L. packi (15008) L. tener (14937 15048 15064)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (North Dakota) L. sp. (15000) L. tener (14931)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) L. choristus (15024)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07France (Var) L. sp. (35538)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Wyoming) L. sp. (15081 80580) L. sp., L. donkroni (154254)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Portugal (Região Centro) L. sp., L. nascimentoi (79200)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Île-de-France) L. sp. (68437)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium (West Flanders) Nyctitheriidae indet. (68430)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) L. sp. (68174)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) L. sp. (13299 38868)
Lysitean - Lostcabinian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) L. sp. (15451)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Colorado) L. sp. (15485)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (New Mexico) L. catulus (15453)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (North Dakota) L. sp. (15895)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) L. sp. (15586 15673 118482)