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Leptocleidia

Reptilia - Plesiosauria

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Leptocleidoidea Druckenmiller and Russell
2010Leptocleidia Ketchum and Benson p. 15 fig. 6
2011Leptocleidia Ketchum and Benson p. 126
2014Leptocleidia Benson and Druckenmiller figs. 2-3
2017Leptocleidia Frey et al. p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
Leptocleidia
Leptocleidia

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.

Unr. †Leptocleidia Ketchum and Benson 2010
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Fm. †Leptocleididae White 1940
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G. †Brancasaurus Wegner 1914
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Brancasaurus brancai Wegner 1914
G. †Hastanectes Benson et al. 2013
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Hastanectes valdensis Lydekker 1889
G. †Leptocleidus Andrews 1922
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Leptocleidus capensis Andrews 1911
Leptocleidus clemai Cruickshank and Long 1997
Leptocleidus superstes Andrews 1922
Invalid names: Peyerus Stromer 1935 [synonym]
G. †Nichollssaura Druckenmiller and Russell 2009
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Nichollssaura borealis Druckenmiller and Russell 2009
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Invalid names: Nichollsia borealis Druckenmiller and Russell 2008 [replaced]
Invalid names: Nichollsia Druckenmiller and Russell 2008 [replaced]
G. †Umoonasaurus Kear et al. 2006
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Umoonasaurus demoscyllus Kear et al. 2006
G. †Vectocleidus Benson et al. 2013
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Vectocleidus pastorum Benson et al. 2013
Invalid names: Leptocleidoidea Druckenmiller and Russell 2008 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available