Leptosuchomorpha

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
Skull of Smilosuchus gregorii in the American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Phytosauria
Family: Parasuchidae
Subfamily: Mystriosuchinae
Clade: Leptosuchomorpha
Stocker, 2010
Subgroups

Phylogeny

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

Phytosauria 

"Paleorhinus" scurriensis

Paleorhinus bransoni

"Paleorhinus" sawini

Phytosauridae

Brachysuchus megalodon

Angistorhinus

Rutiodon carolinensis

"Machaeroprosopus" zunii

Protome batalaria

Leptosuchomorpha

"Phytosaurus" doughtyi

TMM 31173-120

Leptosuchus crosbiensis

Leptosuchus studeri

Smilosuchus lithodendrorum

Smilosuchus adamanensis

Smilosuchus gregorii

Pravusuchus hortus

Pseudopalatinae

Pseudopalatus mccauleyi

Mystriosuchus westphali

Pseudopalatus pristinus

References

  1. 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.


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