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Leptonectidae

Reptilia - Leptonectidae

Taxonomy

Leptonectidae was named by Maisch (1998).

It was assigned to Leptonectoidea by McGowan and Motani (2003); to Ichthyosauria by Maisch and Reisdorf (2006); to Temnodontosauroidea by Ji et al. (2016); and to Neoichthyosauria by Maisch and Matzke (2000), Maisch (2010), Moon (2017), Lomax (2017) and Moon (2019).

Subtaxa

Wahlisaurus

Synonyms

Eurhinosauria was named by Motani (1999). It is not extant.

It was synonymized objectively with Leptonectidae by Maisch and Matzke (2000).

It was assigned to Parvipelvia by Motani (1999).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1998	Leptonectidae Maisch
1999	Eurhinosauria Motani p. 482
2000	Leptonectidae Maisch and Matzke p. 98
2003	Leptonectidae McGowan and Motani
2006	Leptonectidae Maisch and Reisdorf
2010	Leptonectidae Maisch
2016	Leptonectidae Ji et al. p. 12
2017	Leptonectidae Lomax
2017	Leptonectidae Moon
2019	Leptonectidae Moon p. 147

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Ichthyosauromorpha
—	Ichthyosauriformes
—	Ichthyopterygia	(Owen 1840)
—	Eoichthyosauria
—	Ichthyosauria	(de Blainville 1835)
—	Parvipelvia
—	Neoichthyosauria	Sander 2000
family	Leptonectidae	Maisch 1998
family	Leptonectidae	Maisch 1998

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.

Fm. †Leptonectidae Maisch 1998

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G. †Wahlisaurus Lomax 2017

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†Wahlisaurus massarae Lomax 2017

Invalid names: Eurhinosauria Motani 1999 [objective synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
R. Motani 1999 (Eurhinosauria)	Cheek facing posterolaterally, appearing narrow in lateral view; extremely slender snout; tooth size relative to the skull width small (<0.05); tibia and fibula separated.
C. Ji et al. 2016	Sagittal crest absent; cheek facing posteriorly than laterally; rostrum and mandible slender; overbite to varying degrees; tooth size relative to skull below 0.05; tibia and fibula widely separated.
B. C. Moon 2019	The last common ancestor of Eurhinosaurus longirostris and Leptonectes tenuirostris, and all of its descendants [node-based] (Maisch 1998).

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparouso

Created:

2009-07-20 06:07:40

Modified:

2010-02-23 00:20:57

Source: o = order

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Hettangian or 201.30000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Hettangian	201.3 - 199.3	United Kingdom (England)	Wahlisaurus massarae (200925)