Leptosuchomorpha

Summary

Leptosuchomorpha is a clade of phytosaurs. It is a node-based taxon defined as the last common ancestor of Leptosuchus studeri and Pseudopalatus pristinus and all of its descendants.[1]

Leptosuchomorpha
Temporal range: Late Triassic 237–201.4 Ma
Skull of Smilosuchus gregorii in the American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Phytosauria
Family: Parasuchidae
Subfamily: Mystriosuchinae
Clade: Leptosuchomorpha
Stocker, 2010
Subgroups

Phylogeny edit

Below is a cladogram from Stocker (2012)[1]

Phytosauria 

References edit

  1. ^ a b Stocker, M. R. (2012). "A new phytosaur (Archosauriformes, Phytosauria) from the Lot's Wife beds (Sonsela Member) within the Chinle Formation (Upper Triassic) of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (3): 573–586. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.649815. S2CID 129527672.