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
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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 | |
Phylogeny
editBelow is a cladogram from Stocker (2012)[1]
Phytosauria |
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References
edit- ^ 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.