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Litargosuchus leptorhynchus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Litargosuchus leptorhynchus was named by Clark and Sues (2002). Its type specimen is BP/1/5237, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eagles Crag, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Litargosuchus leptorhynchus Clark and Sues p. 78
2011Litargosuchus leptorhynchus Nesbitt p. 42
2013Litargosuchus leptorhynchus Irmis et al.

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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)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
genusLitargosuchus
speciesleptorhynchus

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.

†Litargosuchus leptorhynchus Clark and Sues 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available