Leptosaurus

Leptosaurus
Leptosaurus pulchellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Rhynchocephalia
Suborder:
Sphenodontia
Genus:
Leptosaurus †

Fitzinger, 1837
Species
  • L. neptunius (Goldfuss, 1831) (type)

Leptosaurus is a genus of sphenodont from the Late Jurassic of Bavaria, southern Germany.

Kallimodon, at times synonymized with Leptosaurus, is actually a distinct genus more closely related to Sapheosaurus.

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