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Leptosuchomorpha

Reptilia - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Leptosuchomorpha was named by Stocker (2010). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Stocker (2010).

It was assigned to Phytosauridae by Stocker (2010); to Phytosauridae by Stocker and Butler (2013); and to Mystriosuchinae by Kammerer et al. (2016), Jones and Butler (2018).

Sister taxa
Mystriosuchini (syn. Pseudopalatinae)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Leptosuchomorpha Stocker p. supplement
2013Leptosuchomorpha Stocker and Butler
2016Leptosuchomorpha Kammerer et al.
2018Leptosuchomorpha Jones and Butler p. 10 figs. Table 2; Figure 7

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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
Leptosuchomorpha

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.

Unr. †Leptosuchomorpha Stocker 2010
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G. †Leptosuchus Case 1922
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Invalid names: Phytosaurus doughtyi Case 1920 [synonym]
Leptosuchus studeri Case and White 1934
Unr. †Mystriosuchini Huene 1915
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G. †Machaeroprosopus Mehl 1916
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Machaeroprosopus jablonskiae Parker and Irmis 2006
Machaeroprosopus lottorum Hungerbühler et al. 2013
Invalid names: Arribasuchus Long and Murry 1995 [synonym], Pseudopalatus Mehl 1928 [synonym], Redondasaurus Hunt and Lucas 1993 [synonym]
G. †Mystriosuchus Fraas 1896
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Mystriosuchus westphali Hungerbühler and Hunt 2000
Invalid names: Pseudopalatinae Long and Murry 1995 [replaced]
G. †Pravusuchus Stocker 2010
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Pravusuchus hortus Stocker 2010
G. †Smilosuchus Long and Murry 1995
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Invalid names: Machaeroprosopus zunii Camp 1930 [synonym]
Smilosuchus gregorii Camp 1930
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. R. Stocker 2010A node-based group consisting of the last common ancestor of Leptosuchus
studeri (Case and White 1934) and Pseudopalatus pristinus (Mehl 1928) and all the descendants of that ancestor.