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Leptosuchus

Reptilia - Parasuchidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Leptosuchus Case p. 61
1930Leptosuchus Hay p. 143
1995Leptosuchus Long and Murry
2005Leptosuchus Irmis p. 72
2010Leptosuchus Stocker p. supplement
2013Leptosuchus Stocker and Butler
2016Leptosuchus Kammerer et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
subfamilyMystriosuchinaevon Huene 1915
Leptosuchomorpha
genusLeptosuchus

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.

G. †Leptosuchus Case 1922
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Invalid names: Phytosaurus doughtyi Case 1920 [synonym]
Leptosuchus studeri Case and White 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:18
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:18
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) L. crosbiensis, Phytosaurus doughtyi (71976) L. sp. (135653) L. studeri, Brachysuchus megalodon (105766) Phytosauria indet. (98596)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) L. crosbiensis (13273)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Arribasuchus buceros (93433) L. crosbiensis (92931) L. sp. (39160 39219 52499 52500 52501 52502 57683 92819 92824 92854 92912 92913 92933 93108 93110 93111 93112 93113 93115 93116 93117 93118 93122 93123 93125 93126 93127 93129 93130 93131 93132 93133 93135 93227 93229 93231 93352 93356 93357 93364 93478) L. sp., L. crosbiensis (92922 93232 93360) Machaeroprosopus adamanensis (92826) Machaeroprosopus sp. (93547 93549 93550) Machaeroprosopus zunii (92910) Rutiodon sp. (48547)