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Leptorophus tener
Taxonomy
Melanerpeton tenerum was named by Schönfeld (1911). Its type specimen is MMGD-PzP1, a skull (incomplete skull in part and counterpart), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Clennen, Saxony, which is in an Autunian terrestrial horizon in the Bortewitz Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Leptorophus.
It was recombined as Leptorophus tener by Boy (1986), Schoch and Milner (2014).
It was recombined as Leptorophus tener by Boy (1986), Schoch and Milner (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1911 | Melanerpeton tenerum Schönfeld |
| 1926 | Melanerpeton tenerum Bulman and Whittard |
| 1986 | Leptorophus tener Boy |
| 2014 | Leptorophus tener Schoch and Milner p. 50 |
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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.
†Leptorophus tener Schönfeld 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||