Mammal
Leptictidium
Its powerful hind legs and long tail helped it move on two legs.
Leptictidium moved on two legs with the help of strong hind limbs and a long tail.
Three stages. One companion.
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AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Leptictidium at a glance
- Diet
- Insects and small animals
- Fossilized digestive contents help researchers investigate its diet beyond what can be learned from tooth shape alone.
- When it lived
- Paleogene
- Group
- Leptictida
- Leptictidans
- Fossil locations
- Germany
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Leptictidium
It was a small mammal of Europe’s Eocene forests. Its diet included insects and small vertebrates. It combined ancient anatomical features with highly specialized ways of moving.
It was a small forest dweller, with a diet of insects and small vertebrates. Its combination of ancient features and specialized movement shows a form of mammal unfamiliar today.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Leptictida
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- Mammals with debated relationships
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