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Leptosaurus

Reptilia - Sphenodontidae

Taxonomy
Leptosaurus was named by Fitzinger (1837).

It was synonymized subjectively with Kallimodon by Cocude-Michel (1963).

It was assigned to Mosasauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954); and to Sphenodontidae by Renesto and Viohl (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Leptosaurus Fitzinger
1954Leptosaurus McDowell and Bogert p. 132
1997Leptosaurus Renesto and Viohl p. 33

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
familySphenodontidaeCope 1871
genusLeptosaurusFitzinger 1837

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. †Leptosaurus Fitzinger 1837
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†Leptosaurus neptunius Goldfuss 1831
†Leptosaurus pulchellus Zittel 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France L. pulchellus (24426)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) L. pulchellus (59175 181424)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) L. neptunius (181426) L. pulchellus (181425)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) L. pulchellus (35262)