Leptictidium
Leptictidium (a Latinized diminutive of the name of its close relative Leptictis, which means "graceful weasel" in Ancient Greek) is an extinct genus of small mammals that were likely bipedal. Comprising eight species, they resembled today's elephant shrews. They are especially interesting for their combination of characteristics typical of primitive eutherians with highly specialized adaptations, such as powerful hind legs and a long tail which aided in locomotion. They were omnivorous, their diet a combination of insects, lizards and small mammals. One of the first branches to split from basal eutherians, they appeared in the Lower Eocene, a time of warm temperatures and high humidity, roughly fifty million years ago. Although they were widespread throughout Europe, they became extinct a
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Leptictidium
Leptictidium (a Latinized diminutive of the name of its close relative Leptictis, which means "graceful weasel" in Ancient Greek) is an extinct genus of small mammals that were likely bipedal. Comprising eight species, they resembled today's elephant shrews. They are especially interesting for their combination of characteristics typical of primitive eutherians with highly specialized adaptations, such as powerful hind legs and a long tail which aided in locomotion. They were omnivorous, their diet a combination of insects, lizards and small mammals. One of the first branches to split from basal eutherians, they appeared in the Lower Eocene, a time of warm temperatures and high humidity, roughly fifty million years ago. Although they were widespread throughout Europe, they became extinct a
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Leptictidium ("donnola grazios ...... e piane aperte dell'Oligocene.
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Leptictidium (Latijn voor "kle ...... pen vlaktes van het Oligoceen.
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Leptictidium (a Latinized dimi ...... open plains of the Oligocene.
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Leptictidium (en idioma españo ...... anuras abiertas del Oligoceno.
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Leptictidium (лат., от др.-гре ...... одобно кенгуру или тушканчику.
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Leptictidium byl primitivní pr ...... sedm druhů rodu Leptictidium.
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Leptictidium désigne un genre ...... e laissant pas de descendants.
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Leptictidium ugaztun txikien g ...... i urte inguru desagertu ziren.
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Leptictidium var ett förhistor ...... ter, ödlor och andra däggdjur.
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Leptictidium é um género extin ...... mamíferos, lagartos e plantas.
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Tobien, 1962
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Early to Late Eocene,
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Fossil L. auderiense skeleton, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
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*L. auderiense (Tobien, 1962)
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*L. storchi (Hooker, 2013)
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Leptictidium
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Leptictidium auderiense
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Tobien, 1962
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Leptictidium ("donnola grazios ...... e piane aperte dell'Oligocene.
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Leptictidium (Latijn voor "kle ...... pen vlaktes van het Oligoceen.
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Leptictidium (a Latinized dimi ...... Europe, they became extinct a
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Leptictidium (en idioma españo ...... arse de los euterios basales.
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Leptictidium (лат., от др.-гре ...... одобно кенгуру или тушканчику.
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Leptictidium byl primitivní pr ...... sedm druhů rodu Leptictidium.
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Leptictidium désigne un genre ...... e laissant pas de descendants.
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Leptictidium ugaztun txikien g ...... i urte inguru desagertu ziren.
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Leptictidium var ett förhistor ...... meter från nosen till svansen.
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Leptictidium é um género extin ...... serviam para segurar a comida.
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