Leptosuchomorpha Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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Skull of Smilosuchus gregorii in the American Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
Clade: | Archosauriformes |
Order: | † Phytosauria |
Family: | † Parasuchidae |
Subfamily: | † Mystriosuchinae |
Clade: | † Leptosuchomorpha Stocker, 2010 |
Subgroups | |
Leptosuchomorpha is a clade of phytosaurs. It is a node-based taxon defined by Michelle R. Stocker in 2010 as the last common ancestor of Leptosuchus studeri and Pseudopalatus pristinus and all of its descendants. [1] A new definition was proposed by Andrew S. Jones and Richard J. Butler in 2018 as the last common ancestor and all descendants of Smilosuchus lithodendrorum , Leptosuchus studeri , and Machaeroprosopus pristinus to reflect the new interrelationships of Phytosauria they recovered. [2]
Below is a cladogram from Stocker (2012) [1]
Phytosauria |
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