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Ictopidium lechei

Mammalia - Changlelestidae

Taxonomy
Ictopidium lechei was named by Zdansky (1930) [at the time of Zdansky (1930) the type was stored in the paleontological Institute of the university in Upsala, Sweden]. Its type specimen is PIU M3433, a mandible (damaged right lower jaw with P3, P4, M2 and part of M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Heti Formation Locality 1, which is in a Sharamurunian channel marl/sandstone in the Heti Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Ictopidium lechei Zdansky p. 7 figs. Pl.I, 1-4
1985Ictopidium lechei Novacek et al. p. 8
1997Ictopidium lechei Tong

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familyChanglelestidae
subfamilyTupaiodontinaeButler 1988
genusIctopidiumZdansky 1930
specieslechei

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.

Ictopidium lechei Zdansky 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Sharamurunian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Henan) Ictopidium lechei (41120)
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Shanxi) Ictopidium lechei (type locality: 41116)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Ictopidium lechei (174913)