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Lepterpeton
Taxonomy
Lepterpeton was named by Wright and Huxley (1866). Its type is Lepterpeton dobbsii.
It was assigned to Ptyoniidae by Cope (1875); to Urocordylidae by Carroll (1988); and to Sauropleurinae by Carroll et al. (1998).
It was assigned to Ptyoniidae by Cope (1875); to Urocordylidae by Carroll (1988); and to Sauropleurinae by Carroll et al. (1998).
Species
L. dobbsii (type species)
Entered
by E. Fara on 2003-01-23; modified by E. Dunne on 2016-02-25
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1866 | Lepterpeton Wright and Huxley |
| 1875 | Lepterpeton Cope p. 11 |
| 1988 | Lepterpeton Carroll |
| 1998 | Lepterpeton Carroll et al. p. 76 |
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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.
G. †Lepterpeton Wright and Huxley 1866
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†Lepterpeton dobbsii Wright and Huxley 1866
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Westphalian D or 318.70000 to 307.40000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian A | Ireland (Lenister) | L. dobbsii (175806) | |
| Westphalian D | Czechia (Pilsen) | L. sp. (84835) |