Leptopleuron

For the fern genus Leptopleuron C.Presl, see Nephrolepis.
Leptopleuron
Temporal range: Late Triassic Carnian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Parareptilia
Order: Procolophonomorpha
Family: Procolophonidae
Tribe: Leptopleuronini
Genus: Leptopleuron
Owen, 1851
Type species
Leptopleuron lacertinum
Owen, 1851
Synonyms

Telerpeton elginense Mantell, 1854

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]

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