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Leptosuchus
Taxonomy
Leptosuchus was named by Case (1922). Its type is Leptosuchus crosbiensis.
It was synonymized subjectively with Rutiodon by Gregory (1962), Kuhn (1964) and Hunt and Lucas (1989).
It was assigned to Phytosauridae by Hay (1930); to Rutiodontinae by Long and Murry (1995); to Parasuchia by Irmis (2005); and to Leptosuchomorpha by Stocker (2010), Stocker and Butler (2013) and Kammerer et al. (2016).
It was synonymized subjectively with Rutiodon by Gregory (1962), Kuhn (1964) and Hunt and Lucas (1989).
It was assigned to Phytosauridae by Hay (1930); to Rutiodontinae by Long and Murry (1995); to Parasuchia by Irmis (2005); and to Leptosuchomorpha by Stocker (2010), Stocker and Butler (2013) and Kammerer et al. (2016).
Species
L. crosbiensis (syn. Phytosaurus doughtyi) (type species), L. studeri
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1922 | Leptosuchus Case p. 61 |
1930 | Leptosuchus Hay p. 143 |
1995 | Leptosuchus Long and Murry |
2005 | Leptosuchus Irmis p. 72 |
2010 | Leptosuchus Stocker p. supplement |
2013 | Leptosuchus Stocker and Butler |
2016 | Leptosuchus Kammerer et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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 |
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Carnian - Norian | USA (Texas) | L. crosbiensis, Phytosaurus doughtyi (71976) L. sp. (135653) L. studeri, Brachysuchus megalodon (105766) Phytosauria indet. (98596) | |
Norian | USA (Texas) | L. crosbiensis (13273) | |
Norian | USA (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) |