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Leptopleuron
Taxonomy
Leptopleuron was named by Owen (1851). Its type is Leptopleuron lacertinum. It is the type genus of Leptopleuroninae.
It was assigned to Thecodontia by Owen (1861); to Procolophoninae by Colbert (1946); to Procolophonidae by Carroll (1988); and to Leptopleuroninae by Modesto et al. (2002), Modesto and Damiani (2007), Säilä (2008) and Saila (2010).
It was assigned to Thecodontia by Owen (1861); to Procolophoninae by Colbert (1946); to Procolophonidae by Carroll (1988); and to Leptopleuroninae by Modesto et al. (2002), Modesto and Damiani (2007), Säilä (2008) and Saila (2010).
Species
L. lacertinum (syn. Telerpeton elginense) (type species)
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1851 | Leptopleuron Owen |
| 1852 | Telerpeton Mantell p. 100 figs. Pl. 4 |
| 1856 | Telerpeton Roemer p. 784 |
| 1861 | Leptopleuron Owen p. 284 |
| 1870 | Telerpeton Cope |
| 1939 | Telerpeton Huene p. 508 |
| 1946 | Leptopleuron Colbert p. 258 |
| 1988 | Leptopleuron Carroll |
| 2002 | Leptopleuron Modesto et al. p. 891 fig. 4 |
| 2007 | Leptopleuron Modesto and Damiani p. 347 fig. 8 |
| 2008 | Leptopleuron Säilä p. 1202 fig. 4 |
| 2010 | Leptopleuron Saila p. 3 |
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G. †Leptopleuron Owen 1851
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†Leptopleuron lacertinum Owen 1851
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Invalid names: Telerpeton elginense Mantell 1852 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Telerpeton Mantell 1852 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available