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Leptosaurus neptunius

Osteichthyes - Rhynchocephalia - Sphenodontidae

Taxonomy
Lacerta neptunia was named by Goldfuss (1831). Its type specimen is "Collection de Bonn ? (no. 1305)" (partial skull) and is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Homoeosaurus neptunius by Meyer (1847); it was misspelled as Homeosaurus neptunia by Grier (1914); it was recombined as Leptosaurus neptunius by Goldfuss (1831), Cocude-Michel (1963), Fabre (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Leptosaurus neptunius Goldfuss
1847Homoeosaurus neptunius Meyer
1914Homeosaurus neptunia Grier p. 89
1963Leptosaurus neptunius Cocude-Michel
1981Leptosaurus neptunius Fabre

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
superorderLepidosauria()
orderRhynchocephalia
familySphenodontidaeCope 1871
genusLeptosaurusFitzinger 1837
speciesneptunius(Goldfuss 1831)

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.

†Leptosaurus neptunius Goldfuss 1831
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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Leptosaurus neptunius (type locality: 181426)