Leptosuchomorpha
Leptosuchomorpha Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Skull of Smilosuchus gregorii in the American Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Phytosauria |
Family: | †Parasuchidae |
Node: | †Leptosuchomorpha Stocker, 2010 |
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Leptosuchomorpha is a clade of phytosaurs. It is a node-based taxon defined as the last common ancestor of Leptosuchus studeri and Pseudopalatus pristinus and all of its descendants.[1]
Phylogeny[]
Below is a cladogram from Stocker (2012):[1]
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References[]
- ^ a b Stocker, M. R. (2012). "A new phytosaur (Archosauriformes, Phytosauria) from the Lot's Wife beds (Sonsela Member) within the Chinle Formation (Upper Triassic) of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (3): 573–586. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.649815. S2CID 129527672.
Categories:
- Phytosaurs
- Late Triassic reptiles of Europe
- Late Triassic reptiles of North America
- Late Triassic first appearances
- Late Triassic extinctions
- Taxa named by Michelle R. Stocker
- Prehistoric reptile stubs