Leptopleuron
For the fern genus Leptopleuron C.Presl, see Nephrolepis.
| Leptopleuron Temporal range: Late Triassic Carnian | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | †Parareptilia |
| Order: | †Procolophonomorpha |
| Family: | †Procolophonidae |
| Tribe: | †Leptopleuronini |
| Genus: | †Leptopleuron Owen, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| †Leptopleuron lacertinum Owen, 1851 | |
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Leptopleuron is an extinct genus of procolophonid that lived in dry lands of the late Triassic of Scotland. Its fossils were found in Lossiemouth Sandstone. Leptopleuron was a small, lizard-like animal that reached 40 cm long.[1]
References
- Patrick S. Spencer (March 2000). "The braincase structure of Leptopleuron lacertinum Owen (Parareptilia: Procolophonidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 (1): 21–30. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0021:TBSOLL]2.0.CO;2.
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