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Leptophractus

Osteichthyes - Eogyrinidae

Taxonomy
Leptophractus was named by Cope (1873). Its type is Leptophractus obsoletus.

It was assigned to Dendrerpetontidae by Hay (1902); and to Eogyrinidae by Panchen (1970), Carroll (1988).

Species
L. obsoletus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Leptophractus Cope
1902Leptophractus Hay p. 419
1970Leptophractus Panchen p. vii
1988Leptophractus Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
suborderEmbolomeri
familyEogyrinidaeWatson 1929
genusLeptophractus

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. †Leptophractus Cope 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Ohio) L. obsoletus (85292)