| Leptophractus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Order: | † Embolomeri |
| Family: | † Eogyrinidae |
| Genus: | † Leptophractus Cope, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| †Leptophractus obsoletus Cope, 1873 | |
Leptophractus is an extinct genus of embolomere described from an Upper Carboniferous coal mine at Linton, Ohio. [1] [2] It probably represents a young growth interval, and is therefore a synonym, of Anthracosaurus lancifer, which was described much earlier from the same deposit at Linton. [3]
