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Leptictis douglassi
Taxonomy
Leptictis douglassi was named by Novacek (1976). Its type specimen is TMM 40688-6, a partial skull (both halves lower jaw; left ramus with P3-4M1-2, right ramus with P4-M3; upper maxillary fragment with P3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Blue Cliff Horizon, which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in Texas.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Leptictis douglassi Novacek |
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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.
†Leptictis douglassi Novacek 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Meehan and Martin 2010, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Duchesnean or 39.70000 to 37.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Duchesnean | USA (Texas) | Leptictis douglassi (type locality: 16835) |