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Leptorophus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Taxonomy
Leptorophus was named by Bulman and Whittard (1926). It is not extant. Its type is Melanerpeton tenerum.

It was assigned to Branchiosauridae by Bulman and Whittard (1926) and Schoch and Milner (2014).

Species
L. raischi, L. tener

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Leptorophus Bulman and Whittard
2014Leptorophus Schoch and Milner p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Amphibamiformes
familyBranchiosauridaeFritsch 1883
genusLeptorophusBulman and Whittard 1926

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. †Leptorophus Bulman and Whittard 1926
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†Leptorophus raischi Schoch 2014
†Leptorophus tener Schönfeld 1911
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available