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Leptosuchomorpha ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)180517https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=180517
Rankunranked clade (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Parasuchidae : Leptosuchomorpha
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
-Pseudosuchia
-Phytosauria
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
subfamilyMystriosuchinaevon Huene 1915
-LeptosuchomorphaStocker 2010
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Leptosuchomorphaunranked cladebelongs to Phytosauridaestated with evidenceStocker, 2010
Leptosuchomorphaunranked cladebelongs to Mystriosuchinaestated with evidenceKammerer et al., 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)29
First Recorded Appearance237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance201 - 197 Ma
Early Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Phytosauria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. R. Stocker. 2010. A new taxon of phytosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Late Triassic (Norian) Sonsela Member (Chinle Formation) in Arizona, and a critical reevaluation of Leptosuchus Case, 1922. Palaeontology 53:997-1022

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Leptosuchus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		62237 Ma
Middle Triassic		228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Pravusuchus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic		228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Smilosuchus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		22237 Ma
Middle Triassic		228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Mystriosuchini ✝
unranked clade		listed (PBDB)119237 Ma
Middle Triassic		201 Ma
Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2010Leptosuchomorpha Stocker p. supplement
2013Leptosuchomorpha Stocker and Butler
2016Leptosuchomorpha Kammerer et al.

References

Stocker M. R. (2010) A new taxon of phytosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Late Triassic (Norian) Sonsela Member (Chinle Formation) in Arizona, and a critical reevaluation of Leptosuchus Case, 1922, Palaeontology 53, 997-1022
Stocker M. R., Butler R. J. (2013) Phytosauria, Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 379
Kammerer C. F., Butler R. J., et al (2016) Relationships of the Indian phytosaur Parasuchus hislopi Lydekker, 1885, Papers in Palaeontology 2, 1-23
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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