Megaleptictis

Extinct genus of mammals

Megaleptictis
Temporal range: Late Eocene
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Leptictida
Family: Leptictidae
Subfamily: Leptictinae
Genus: Megaleptictis
Meehan & Martin, 2012
Species
  • M. altidens Meehan & Martin, 2012 (type)

Megaleptictis (meaning "large Leptictis") is an extinct genus of large insectivore mammal from Late Paleogene (latest Eocene (Chadronian NALMA), but may be earliest Oligocene (Orellan NALMA)) deposits of Custer County, South Dakota. It is known from the holotype KUVP 2568 a nearly complete skull including the mandibles. It was collected in an 1894 University of Kansas expedition from the tan siltstone of the White River Group. It was first named by Tj Meehan and Larry D. Martin in 2011 and the type species is Megaleptictis altidens.[1]

References

  1. ^ Tj Meehan; Larry D. Martin (2011). "New large leptictid insectivore from the Late Paleogene of South Dakota, USA" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (3): 509–518. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0035. S2CID 129358395.
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Leptictidium nasutum

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Megaleptictis


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