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Leptorophus raischi

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Taxonomy
Leptorophus raischi was named by Schoch (2014). Its type specimen is UGKU 1800, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Obermoschel , which is in an Autunian lacustrine sandstone/claystone in the Meisenheim Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Leptorophus raischi Schoch p. 227

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Amphibamiformes
familyBranchiosauridaeFritsch 1883
genusLeptorophusBulman and Whittard 1926
speciesraischi

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 raischi Schoch 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Autunian or 298.90000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Autunian298.9 - 283.3Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Leptorophus raischi (type locality: 180284)