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Leptosuchus studeri

Reptilia - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Leptosuchus studeri was named by Case and White (1934). Its type specimen is UMMP 14267, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is near Rotten Hill, which is in a Carnian/Norian fluvial siliciclastic in the Tecovas Formation of Texas.

It was synonymized subjectively with Leptosuchus crosbiensis by Long and Murry (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Leptosuchus studeri Case and White
2013Leptosuchus studeri Stocker and Butler

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
subfamilyMystriosuchinaevon Huene 1915
—Leptosuchomorpha
genusLeptosuchus
speciesstuderi

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.

†Leptosuchus studeri Case and White 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available