Leptoropha

Leptoropha; Temporal range: Middle Permian, Guadalupian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Restoration of Leptoropha talonorophus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	† Seymouriamorpha
Family:	† Kotlassiidae
Subfamily:	† Leptorophinae
Genus:	† Leptoropha ; Chudinov, 1955
Type species
	†Leptoropha novojilovi; Chudinov, 1955
Species
	L. novojiloviChudinov, 1955 (type); L. talonorophus(Chudinov, 1955 [originally Rhipaeosaurus ]) Reisz & Laurin, 2001;
Synonyms
	Rhipaeosaurus talonorophus(Chudinov, 1955);

Last updated March 31, 2025

Leptoropha is an extinct genus of aquatic seymouriamorph known from the Middle Permian of Russia.^[1]

References

1 2 Tsuji, Linda A.; Müller, Johannes; Reisz, Robert R. (1 January 2012). "Anatomy of Emeroleter levis and the phylogeny of the nycteroleter parareptiles". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (1): 45–67. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.626004.

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[Emeroleter-1] 1 2 Tsuji, Linda A.; Müller, Johannes; Reisz, Robert R. (1 January 2012). "Anatomy of Emeroleter levis and the phylogeny of the nycteroleter parareptiles". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (1): 45–67. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.626004.

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Leptoropha Temporal range: Middle Permian, Guadalupian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Restoration of Leptoropha talonorophus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	† Seymouriamorpha
Family:	† Kotlassiidae
Subfamily:	† Leptorophinae
Genus:	† Leptoropha Chudinov, 1955
Type species
†Leptoropha novojilovi Chudinov, 1955
Species
L. novojiloviChudinov, 1955 (type) L. talonorophus(Chudinov, 1955 [originally Rhipaeosaurus ]) Reisz & Laurin, 2001
Synonyms
Rhipaeosaurus talonorophus(Chudinov, 1955)^[1]