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Litolestes ignotus

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Litolestes ignotus was named by Jepsen (1930) [genotype]. Its type locality is Princeton Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Litolestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Litolestes ignotus Jepsen
1985Litolestes ignotus Novacek et al. p. 11

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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
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusLitolestes
speciesignotus

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.

†Litolestes ignotus Jepsen 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:01:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Ti3 or 58.70000 to 56.80000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti361.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Litolestes ignotus (14992)
Ti461.7 - 56.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Litolestes ignotus (14978)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Litolestes ignotus (15032 type locality: 15049 15057 15065) Litolestes sp. (26569)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Litolestes ignotus (14934 14941 14959 14995)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Litolestes ignotus (15024)