Leptosaurus neptunius Goldfuss 1831 (lepidosaur)

Reptilia - Eosuchia - Sphenodontidae

Alternative combinations: Homeosaurus neptunia, Homoeosaurus neptunius, Lacerta neptunia

Belongs to Leptosaurus according to M. Cocude-Michel 1963

See also Fabre 1981 and Grier 1914

Sister taxon: Leptosaurus pulchellus

Type specimen: "Collection de Bonn ? (no. 1305)" (partial skull). Its type locality is Monheim, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Monheim

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