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Leptictis
Taxonomy
Leptictis was named by Leidy (1868) [type species is L. haydeni (not L. dakotensis) by monotypy (Meehan and Martin 2010)]. It is not extant. Its type is Leptictis haydeni.
It was assigned to Leptictinae by Van Valen (1967) and Meehan and Martin (2010); and to Leptictidae by Leidy (1868), Hay (1902), Novacek (1976), McKenna and Bell (1997), Korth (2022) and Korth et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Leptictinae by Van Valen (1967) and Meehan and Martin (2010); and to Leptictidae by Leidy (1868), Hay (1902), Novacek (1976), McKenna and Bell (1997), Korth (2022) and Korth et al. (2022).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1868 | Ictops Leidy |
1868 | Leptictis Leidy |
1869 | Nanohyus Leidy p. 65 |
1873 | Isacis caniculus Cope |
1873 | Isacus Cope |
1873 | Isacis Cope p. 3 |
1873 | Isacis caniculus Cope p. 8 |
1875 | Mesodectes Cope |
1875 | Mesodectes caniculus Cope |
1902 | Nanohyus Hay p. 658 |
1902 | Ictops Hay p. 739 |
1902 | Leptictis Hay p. 739 |
1902 | Mesodectes Hay p. 739 |
1902 | Mesodectes caniculus Hay p. 739 |
1905 | Ictops major Douglass |
1917 | Ictidops Winge |
1936 | Mesodectes caniculus Scott and Jepsen |
1966 | Ictops Johnson p. 80 |
1967 | Leptictis Van Valen |
1976 | Leptictis Novacek p. 3 |
1997 | Leptictis McKenna and Bell |
2010 | Leptictis Meehan and Martin p. 102 |
2022 | Leptictis Korth p. 310 |
2022 | Leptictis Korth et al. |
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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. †Leptictis Leidy 1868
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†Leptictis acutidens Douglass 1902
†Leptictis bullatus Matthew 1899
†Leptictis douglassi Novacek 1976
†Leptictis haydeni Leidy 1868
†Leptictis montanus Douglass 1905
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Invalid names: Ictops intermedius Douglass 1905 [synonym], Ictops tenuis Douglass 1905 [synonym]
†Leptictis thomsoni Matthew 1903
†Leptictis wilsoni Novacek 1976
Invalid names: Ictidops Winge 1917 [synonym], Ictops Leidy 1868 [synonym], Ictops major Douglass 1905 [nomen dubium], Isacis Cope 1873 [synonym], Isacis caniculus Cope 1873 [nomen dubium], Mesodectes Cope 1875 [synonym], Nanohyus Leidy 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Meehan and Martin 2010, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 |
Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Whitneyan or 38.00000 to 30.80000 Ma
Collections (18 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Duchesnean | USA (Texas) | L. douglassi (16835) | |
Priabonian | Spain (Catalonia) | L. sp. (31751) | |
Chadronian | USA (South Dakota) | Ictops dakotensis (17006 17007) | |
Chadronian | USA (Texas) | L. wilsoni (17016) | |
Chadronian | USA (Montana) | Ictops magnus, Ictops montanus, L. montanus (16990) | |
Chadronian | USA (Wyoming) | L. dakotensis (16942 16943) | |
Chadronian | USA (North Dakota) | L. sp. (16991) | |
Late/Upper Chadronian | USA (Montana) | L. sp. (17027) | |
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | L. dakotensis (230806) | |
Orellan | USA (South Dakota) | Ictops dakotensis (17133) L. haydeni (17295) | |
Orellan | USA (North Dakota) | L. dakotensis (17100) | |
Orellan | USA (Wyoming) | L. dakotensis (17104 17105 17106) | |
Whitneyan | USA (South Dakota) | L. dakotensis (17336) |