Leptopleuron

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For the fern genus Leptopleuron C.Presl, see Nephrolepis.

Leptopleuron Temporal range: Late Triassic Carnian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Procolophonomorpha
Family:	Procolophonidae
Genus:	Leptopleuron
Species
†L. lacertinum Owen, 1851(type)
Synonyms
Telerpeton elginense Mantell, 1854

Leptopleuron is a genus of an extinct procolophonid that lived in dry lands of the late Triassic of Scotland. Its fossils were found in Lossiemouth Sandstone. Leptopleuron was a small, lizard-like animal that reached 40 cm long.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.palaeocritti.com/by-group/anapsida/procolophonoidea/leptopleuron

Patrick S. Spencer (March 2000). "The braincase structure of Leptopleuron lacertinum Owen (Parareptilia: Procolophonidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 (1): 21–30. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0021:TBSOLL]2.0.CO;2.

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