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Leipsanolestes siegfriedti

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Leipsanolestes siegfriedti was named by Simpson (1928) [genotype]. Its type locality is Bear Creek, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Leipsanolestes.

It was recombined as Leptacodon siegfriedti by Simpson (1929), Simpson (1935), Simpson (1945) and Gazin (1949); it was recombined as Entomolestes siegfriedti by McKenna (1960) and Delson (1971); it was recombined as Talpavus siegfriedti by Robinson (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Leipsanolestes siegfriedti Simpson
1929Leptacodon siegfriedti Simpson
1930Leipsanolestes siegfriedti Hay p. 451
1935Leptacodon siegfriedti Simpson
1945Leptacodon siegfriedti Simpson
1949Leptacodon siegfriedti Gazin
1960Entomolestes siegfriedti McKenna
1968Talpavus siegfriedti Robinson
1971Entomolestes siegfriedti Delson
1976Leipsanolestes siegfriedti Krishtalka
1979Leipsanolestes siegfriedti Bown
1981Leipsanolestes siegfriedti Rose
1982Leipsanolestes siegfriedti Bown and Schankler
1985Leipsanolestes siegfriedti 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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
superfamilyErinaceoidae(Gill 1872)
genusLeipsanolestes
speciessiegfriedti

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Clarkforkian or 55.80000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Leipsanolestes siegfriedti (15082 15085 15092 15152)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Montana) Entomolestes siegfriedti (type locality: 15079)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Entomolestes nitens (16055) Leipsanolestes siegfriedti (15504 15694 15707 46790 46814)