Leptictis
Leptictis Temporal range: late Eocene to late Oligocene | |
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Leptictis acutidens | |
Illustrated recreation of a Leptictis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Leptictida |
Family: | †Leptictidae |
Genus: | †Leptictis Leidy, 1868 |
Species | |
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Leptictis is an extinct genus of mammal. It was related to the better-known Leptictidium.
References
- McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
- Kenneth, D. R. (2006). The postcranial skeleton of early Oligocene Leptictis (Mammalia: Leptictida), with a preliminary comparison to Leptictidium from the middle Eocene of Messel. Palaeontographica Abteilung A, 278(1-6), 37-56.
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