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Leptosaurus
Taxonomy
Leptosaurus was named by Fitzinger (1837).
It was synonymized subjectively with Kallimodon by Cocude-Michel (1963).
It was assigned to Mosasauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954); and to Sphenodontidae by Renesto and Viohl (1997).
It was synonymized subjectively with Kallimodon by Cocude-Michel (1963).
It was assigned to Mosasauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954); and to Sphenodontidae by Renesto and Viohl (1997).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Leptosaurus Fitzinger |
| 1954 | Leptosaurus McDowell and Bogert p. 132 |
| 1997 | Leptosaurus Renesto and Viohl p. 33 |
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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. †Leptosaurus Fitzinger 1837
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†Leptosaurus neptunius Goldfuss 1831
†Leptosaurus pulchellus Zittel 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available