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Leonhardtina

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

Taxonomy
Leonhardtina was named by Matthes (1952). It is not extant. Its type is Leonhardtina gracilis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Proviverra by Van Valen (1967).

It was assigned to Proviverrinae by Peigné et al. (2007), Solé (2013) and Solé et al. (2014); and to Hyaenodontidae by Matthes (1952) and Solé and Mennecart (2019).

Species
L. godinoti, L. gracilis (type species), L. meridianum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Leonhardtina Matthes p. 223 fig. 224
2007Leonhardtina Peigné et al. p. 453
2013Leonhardtina Solé
2014Leonhardtina Solé et al.
2019Leonhardtina Solé and Mennecart

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
orderCreodonta()
orderHyaenodonta()
superfamilyHyaenodontoideaLeidy 1869
familyHyaenodontidaeLeidy 1869
genusLeonhardtina

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. †Leonhardtina Matthes 1952
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†Leonhardtina godinoti Solé et al. 2014
†Leonhardtina gracilis Matthes 1952
†Leonhardtina meridianum Solé et al. 2020
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. W. Matthes 1952Paraconid not much higher than metaconid; metaconid distinct; talonids not reduced, basin-like; P not increased in size; M not tight, not P-shaped; trigonids relaive low; lower P4 with protoconid; talonids without cusps; proto- and metaconid pointed; hypoconid and entoconid not present; lower M1-3 increase to some extant in size; lower P4 without ridged talonid; lower P3 higher than lower P4; lower P2 and lower P4 equal in size.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:44:28
Modified: 2005-08-30 16:44:28
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Gunnell 1998, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) L. godinoti (35539)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Occitanie) L. gracilis (195457)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Proviverrinae indet. (31717)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) L. gracilis (45001 45747)