Leptosaurus

Leptosaurus
Leptosaurus pulchellus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Lepidosauromorpha[1]
Magnorder: Lepidosauria
Superorder: Sphenodontiformes[1]
Order: Sphenodontia
Family: Sphenodontidae
Genus: Leptosaurus † Fitzinger, 1837[2]
Synonyms
  • Kallimodon Cocude & Michel, 1963[2]

Leptosaurus (also known as Kallimodon) was a Sphenodontid from the Mesozoic Era.

Classification

Leptosaurus was named a member of the Sphenodontidae family by Renesto and Viohl in 1997.[2]


References

  1. 1 2 http://www.paleofile.com/Demo/Mainpage/Taxalist/Sphenodonts.htm
  2. 1 2 3 http://paleobackup.nceas.ucsb.edu:8090/cgi-bin/bridge.pl
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