Leptosuchomorpha Temporal range: Late Triassic |
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Skull of Smilosuchus gregorii in the American Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Phytosauria |
Family: | Phytosauridae |
Node: |
†Leptosuchomorpha Stocker, 2010 |
Subgroups | |
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.
Below is a cladogram from Stocker (2012):
TMM 31173-120