Gypsonictops
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Gypsonictops is an extinct genus of leptictidan mammals of the family Gypsonictopidae, which was described in 1927 by George Gaylord Simpson. Species in this genus were small mammals and the first representatives of the order Leptictida, that appeared during the Upper Cretaceous.
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- Description
- Taxonomy
- Species
- ''Gypsonictops clemensi''
- ''Gypsonictops dormaalensis''
- ''Gypsonictops hypoconus''
- ''Gypsonictops illuminatus''
- ''Gypsonictops lewisi''
- ''Gypsonictops petersoni''
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Gypsonictops is an extinct genus of leptictidan mammals of the family Gypsonictopidae, which was described in 1927 by George Gaylord Simpson. Species in 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 gone extinct before the Cenozoic began, but there are indications that it may have survived into the early Paleocene. Fossils have been found in the United States, Belgium, and Uzbekistan.
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