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Leptoplesictis
Taxonomy
Leptoplesictis was named by Forsyth-Major (1903). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Viverridae by Morales et al. (2008); and to Herpestidae by Morlo et al. (2007), Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
It was assigned to Viverridae by Morales et al. (2008); and to Herpestidae by Morlo et al. (2007), Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2007-04-01; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1903 | Leptoplesictis Forsyth-Major p. 534 |
| 2007 | Leptoplesictis Morlo et al. p. 151 |
| 2008 | Leptoplesictis Morales et al. |
| 2010 | Leptoplesictis Werdelin and Peigne p. 636 |
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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.
G. †Leptoplesictis Forsyth-Major 1903
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†Leptoplesictis namibiensis Morales et al. 2008
†Leptoplesictis senutae Morales et al. 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Namibia | L. namibiensis (70807) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Namibia (Karas) | L. senutae (168036) | |
| MN 4 | France (Centre) | L. aurelianensis (69116) | |
| Langhian | Spain (Catalonia) | L. aurelianensis (180192) |