Leptictidium, the Glossary
Leptictidium is an extinct genus of small mammals that were likely bipedal.[1]
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104 relations: Animal locomotion, Ankle, Asia, Asiatosuchus, Bandicoot, Bipedalism, Calcaneus, Canine tooth, Carbon dioxide, Cenozoic, Coccyx, Continent, Dentition, Diastema, Dieburg, Ecosystem, Elephant shrew, Eocene, Equator, Europe, Eutheria, Extinction, Fauna, Femur, Fenestra, Fibula, Forest, Fossil, France, Frankfurt, Frog, Genus, Geographical pole, Geology, Germany, Godinotia, Head, Holotype, Humerus, Hyaenodonta, Inland sea, Insect, Joint, Kangaroo, Largest prehistoric animals, Leaf, Leptictida, Leptictis, Lesmesodon, List of E. Schweizerbart serials, ... Expand index (54 more) »
- Fossil taxa described in 1962
- Leptictids
- Priabonian genus extinctions
- Ypresian genus first appearances
Animal locomotion
In ethology, animal locomotion is any of a variety of methods that animals use to move from one place to another.
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Ankle
The ankle, the talocrural region or the jumping bone (informal) is the area where the foot and the leg meet.
Asia
Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.
Asiatosuchus
Asiatosuchus is an extinct genus of crocodyloid crocodilians that lived in Eurasia during the Paleogene.
See Leptictidium and Asiatosuchus
Bandicoot
Bandicoots are a group of more than 20 species of small to medium-sized, terrestrial, largely nocturnal marsupial omnivores in the order Peramelemorphia.
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Bipedalism
Bipedalism is a form of terrestrial locomotion where an animal moves by means of its two rear (or lower) limbs or legs.
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Calcaneus
In humans and many other primates, the calcaneus (from the Latin calcaneus or calcaneum, meaning heel;: calcanei or calcanea) or heel bone is a bone of the tarsus of the foot which constitutes the heel.
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Canine tooth
In mammalian oral anatomy, the canine teeth, also called cuspids, dogteeth, eye teeth, vampire teeth, or vampire fangs, are the relatively long, pointed teeth.
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Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
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Cenozoic
The Cenozoic is Earth's current geological era, representing the last 66million years of Earth's history.
Coccyx
The coccyx (coccyges or coccyxes), commonly referred to as the tailbone, is the final segment of the vertebral column in all apes, and analogous structures in certain other mammals such as horses.
Continent
A continent is any of several large geographical regions.
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Dentition
Dentition pertains to the development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth.
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Diastema
A diastema (diastemata, from Greek διάστημα, 'space') is a space or gap between two teeth.
Dieburg
Dieburg is a small town in southern Hesse, Germany.
Ecosystem
An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.
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Elephant shrew
Elephant shrews, also called jumping shrews or sengis, are small insectivorous mammals native to Africa, belonging to the family Macroscelididae, in the order Macroscelidea.
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Eocene
The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).
Equator
The equator is a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Eutheria
Eutheria (from Greek εὐ-, 'good, right' and θηρίον, 'beast'), also called Pan-Placentalia, is the clade consisting of placental mammals and all therian mammals that are more closely related to placentals than to marsupials.
Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.
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Fauna
Fauna (faunae or faunas) is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time.
Femur
The femur (femurs or femora), or thigh bone is the only bone in the thigh.
Fenestra
A fenestra (fenestration;: fenestrae or fenestrations) is any small opening or pore, commonly used as a term in the biological sciences.
Fibula
The fibula (fibulae or fibulas) or calf bone is a leg bone on the lateral side of the tibia, to which it is connected above and below.
Forest
A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees.
Fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main ("Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.
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Frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek ἀνούρα, literally 'without tail').
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Geographical pole
A geographical pole or geographic pole is either of the two points on Earth where its axis of rotation intersects its surface.
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Geology
Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Godinotia
Godinotia is an extinct genus of strepsirrhine primate belonging to the Adapidae family. Leptictidium and Godinotia are Eocene mammals of Europe.
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Head
A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste.
Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.
Humerus
The humerus (humeri) is a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.
Hyaenodonta
Hyaenodonta ("hyena teeth") is an extinct order of hypercarnivorous placental mammals of clade Pan-Carnivora from mirorder Ferae.
See Leptictidium and Hyaenodonta
Inland sea
An inland sea (also known as an epeiric sea or an epicontinental sea) is a continental body of water which is very large in area and is either completely surrounded by dry land or connected to an ocean by a river, strait or "arm of the sea".
See Leptictidium and Inland sea
Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.
Joint
A joint or articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones, ossicles, or other hard structures in the body which link an animal's skeletal system into a functional whole.
Kangaroo
Kangaroos are marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot").
Largest prehistoric animals
The largest prehistoric animals include both vertebrate and invertebrate species.
See Leptictidium and Largest prehistoric animals
Leaf
A leaf (leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis.
Leptictida
Leptictida (leptos iktis "small/slender weasel") is a possibly paraphyletic extinct order of eutherian mammals. Leptictidium and Leptictida are leptictids.
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Leptictis
Leptictis is an extinct genus of leptictid non-placental eutherian mammal known from the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene of North America. Leptictidium and leptictis are leptictids and prehistoric mammal genera.
See Leptictidium and Leptictis
Lesmesodon
Lesmesodon ("tooth from Messel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct family Proviverridae within extinct superfamily Hyaenodontoidea (in extinct order Hyaenodonta), that lived during the Early to Middle Eocene. Leptictidium and Lesmesodon are Eocene mammals of Europe.
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List of E. Schweizerbart serials
This is a list of academic journals, monographic series, and other serials published by E. Schweizerbart.
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Lizard
Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.
Long-tailed pangolin
The long-tailed pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla), also called the African black-bellied pangolin or ipi, is a diurnal, arboreal pangolin species belonging to the family Manidae, in the order Pholidota.
See Leptictidium and Long-tailed pangolin
Lutetian
The Lutetian is, in the geologic timescale, a stage or age in the Eocene.
Macrotis
Macrotis is a genus of desert-dwelling marsupial omnivores known as bilbies or rabbit-bandicoots; Unabridged they are members of the order Peramelemorphia.
Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
Mandible
In jawed vertebrates, the mandible (from the Latin mandibula, 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lowerand typically more mobilecomponent of the mouth (the upper jaw being known as the maxilla).
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
See Leptictidium and Mediterranean Sea
Messel
Messel is a municipality in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg in Hesse near Frankfurt am Main in Germany.
Messel pit
The Messel pit (Grube Messel) is a disused quarry near the village of Messel (Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hesse) about southeast of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
See Leptictidium and Messel pit
Molar (tooth)
The molars or molar teeth are large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth.
See Leptictidium and Molar (tooth)
Muscle
Muscle is a soft tissue, one of the four basic types of animal tissue.
National Museum of Natural History, France
The French National Museum of Natural History, known in French as the (abbreviation MNHN), is the national natural history museum of France and a grand établissement of higher education part of Sorbonne Universities.
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Neurocranium
In human anatomy, the neurocranium, also known as the braincase, brainpan, or brain-pan, is the upper and back part of the skull, which forms a protective case around the brain.
See Leptictidium and Neurocranium
Nose
A nose is a protuberance in vertebrates that houses the nostrils, or nares, which receive and expel air for respiration alongside the mouth.
Ocean current
An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by a number of forces acting upon the water, including wind, the Coriolis effect, breaking waves, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences.
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Oligocene
The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.
See Leptictidium and Oligocene
Omnivore
An omnivore is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter.
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest (PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in Western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east.
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Palaeotis
Palaeotis is a genus of paleognath birds from the middle Eocene epoch of central Europe.
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Paleocene
The Paleocene, or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago (mya).
See Leptictidium and Paleocene
Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum
The Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum (PETM), alternatively ”Eocene thermal maximum 1 (ETM1)“ and formerly known as the "Initial Eocene" or “Late Paleocene thermal maximum", was a geologically brief time interval characterized by a 5–8 °C global average temperature rise and massive input of carbon into the ocean and atmosphere.
See Leptictidium and Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum
Paleontology
Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).
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Paratype
In zoology and botany, a paratype is a specimen of an organism that helps define what the scientific name of a species and other taxon actually represents, but it is not the holotype (and in botany is also neither an isotype nor a syntype).
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
Pelvis
The pelvis (pelves or pelvises) is the lower part of the trunk, between the abdomen and the thighs (sometimes also called pelvic region), together with its embedded skeleton (sometimes also called bony pelvis or pelvic skeleton).
Phalanx bone
The phalanges (phalanx) are digital bones in the hands and feet of most vertebrates.
See Leptictidium and Phalanx bone
Pholidocercus
Pholidocercus is an extinct monotypic genus of mammal from the Messel pit related to and resembling the modern-day hedgehog with a single species, Pholidocercus hassiacus. Leptictidium and Pholidocercus are Eocene mammals of Europe and fossils of Germany.
See Leptictidium and Pholidocercus
Placentalia
Placental mammals (infraclass Placentalia) are one of the three extant subdivisions of the class Mammalia, the other two being Monotremata and Marsupialia.
See Leptictidium and Placentalia
Premolar
The premolars, also called premolar teeth, or bicuspids, are transitional teeth located between the canine and molar teeth.
Propalaeotherium
Propalaeotherium was an early genus of perissodactyl endemic to Europe and Asia during the early Eocene. Leptictidium and Propalaeotherium are Eocene mammals of Europe.
See Leptictidium and Propalaeotherium
Quadrupedalism
Quadrupedalism is a form of locomotion where animals have four legs are used to bear weight and move around.
See Leptictidium and Quadrupedalism
Quercy
Quercy (Carcin, locally) is a former province of France located in the country's southwest, bounded on the north by Limousin, on the west by Périgord and Agenais, on the south by Gascony and Languedoc, and on the east by Rouergue and Auvergne.
Radius (bone)
The radius or radial bone (radii or radiuses) is one of the two large bones of the forearm, the other being the ulna.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
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Sacroiliac joint
The sacroiliac joint or SI joint (SIJ) is the joint between the sacrum and the ilium bones of the pelvis, which are connected by strong ligaments.
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Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction.
See Leptictidium and Sexual dimorphism
Skull
The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain.
Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
Stomach
The stomach is a muscular, hollow organ in the upper gastrointestinal tract of humans and many other animals, including several invertebrates.
Subtropics
The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics.
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Tail
The tail is the section at the rear end of certain kinds of animals' bodies; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso.
Temperature gradient
A temperature gradient is a physical quantity that describes in which direction and at what rate the temperature changes the most rapidly around a particular location.
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Tethys Ocean
The Tethys Ocean (Τηθύς), also called the Tethys Sea or the Neo-Tethys, was a prehistoric ocean during much of the Mesozoic Era and early-mid Cenozoic Era.
See Leptictidium and Tethys Ocean
Tibia
The tibia (tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects the knee with the ankle.
Titanomyrma
Titanomyrma is a genus of extinct giant ants which lived during the Eocene.
See Leptictidium and Titanomyrma
Torso
The torso or trunk is an anatomical term for the central part, or the core, of the body of many animals (including humans), from which the head, neck, limbs, tail and other appendages extend.
Tropics
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator.
Turgai Strait
The Turgai Strait, also known as the Turgay/Turgai Sea, Obik Sea, Ural Sea or West Siberian Sea, was a large shallow body of salt water (an epicontinental or epeiric sea) during the Mesozoic through Cenozoic Eras.
See Leptictidium and Turgai Strait
Ulna
The ulna or ulnar bone (ulnae or ulnas) is a long bone in the forearm stretching from the elbow to the wrist.
Vegetation
Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide.
See Leptictidium and Vegetation
Vertebra
Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates.
Volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
Walking with Beasts
Walking with Beasts, marketed as Walking with Prehistoric Beasts in North America, is a 2001 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Impossible Pictures and produced by the BBC Science Unit, the Discovery Channel, ProSieben and TV Asahi.
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45th parallel north
The 45th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 45 degrees north of Earth's equator.
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See also
Fossil taxa described in 1962
- Ailuropoda microta
- Anguilloides
- Buffalopterus
- Cantius
- Caseopsis
- Chagrinia
- Chubutherium
- Dalpiazella
- Delorhynchus
- Driveria
- Endops
- Eosyodon
- Gorgodon
- Heterodontosaurus
- Ischigualastia
- Kenyapithecus
- Knoxosaurus
- Kuehneosaurus
- Leptictidium
- Liassocupes
- Mastersonia
- Mioeuoticus
- Miopetaurista
- Oligopithecus
- Ovatoryctocara granulata
- Passer predomesticus
- Reduviasporonites
- Rhineceps
- Sinohippus
- Slaugenhopia
- Tetraphalerites
- Thrausmosaurus
- Vologdinella
Leptictids
- Gypsonictops
- Kennalestes
- Leptictida
- Leptictidium
- Leptictis
- Megaleptictis
- Sikuomys
Priabonian genus extinctions
- Andrewsarchus
- Brychaetus
- Cylindracanthus
- Diplomystus
- Heteromeryx
- Leptictidium
- Leptoreodon
- Leptotragulus
- Metatelmatherium
- Parvitragulus
- Poabromylus
- Protitanotherium
Ypresian genus first appearances
- Aglyptorhynchus
- Allenbya collinsonae
- Amyzon (fish)
- Archaeus
- Aulorhamphus
- Avitoluvarus
- Glossochelys
- Holosteus
- Hyracotherium
- Leptictidium
- Xiphiorhynchus
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptictidium
Also known as Lepticidium, Leptictidium auderiense, Leptictidium ginsburgi, Leptictidium nasutum, Leptictidium sigei, Leptictidium tobieni.
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