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    Leptictida (leptos iktis "small/slender weasel") is a possibly paraphyletic extinct order of eutherian mammals. Their classification is contentious: according...
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    Order †Taeniodonta Order †Asioryctitheria Family †Zalambdalestidae Order †Leptictida ?Family †Didymoconidae ?Genus †Purgatorius ?Genus †Protungulatum ?Genus...
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    all from Africa. They were separate from the similar-appearing order Leptictida. A considerable diversification of macroscelids occurred in the Paleogene...
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  • This is an overview of the paleofauna of the Eocene Messel Formation as explored by the Messel Pit excavations in Germany. A former quarry and now UNESCO...
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    this genus were small mammals and the first representatives of the order Leptictida, that appeared during the Upper Cretaceous. The genus is thought to have...
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  • Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Leptictida Family: †Gypsonictopidae Genus: †Sikuomys Eberle, Clemens, Erickson &...
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    The largest prehistoric animals include both vertebrate and invertebrate species. Many of them are described below, along with their typical range of size...
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    (2006). The postcranial skeleton of early Oligocene Leptictis (Mammalia: Leptictida), with a preliminary comparison to Leptictidium from the middle Eocene...
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    Kennatherium Zeuctherium †Horolodectidae Ferrequitherium Horolodectes †Leptictida †Palaeoryctidae Aaptoryctes Aceroryctes Eoryctes Lainoryctes Nuryctes...
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  • †Prozalambdalestes Genus †Sazlestes Nesov 1997 Genus †Telacodon Marsh 1892 [? Leptictida] Genus †Tingamarra Godthelp et al. 1992 Genus †Wanotherium Tang & Yan...
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