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Leptacodon acherontus

Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae

Taxonomy
Leptacodon acherontus was named by Secord (2008). Its type specimen is YPM-PU 19957, a mandible (Left dentary with p3-m3 (m1 talonid only)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cedar Point Quarry, which is in a Tiffanian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Fort Union Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Leptacodon acherontus Secord p. 80 fig. 33

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
superfamilySoricoideaGill 1872
familyNyctitheriidaeSimpson 1928
genusLeptacodon
speciesacherontus

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.

†Leptacodon acherontus Secord 2008
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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, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tiffanian or 61.70000 to 56.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Leptacodon acherontus (type locality: 15017)