Biology:Leptorrhamphus

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles

Leptorrhamphus
Temporal range: Mid-Late Miocene
~11.6–7.2 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Order: Crocodilia
Superfamily: Gavialoidea
Genus: Leptorrhamphus
Ambrosetti, 1890
Species
  • Leptorrhamphus entrerrianus Ambrosetti, 1890 (type)

Leptorrhamphus is an extinct monospecific genus of gavialoid crocodilian that lived during the Middle to Late Miocene in what is now Argentina . Fossils have been found in the formation then named Entrerriana Formation, in modern literature referred to as the Ituzaingó Formation.[1] The type species is L. entrerrianus, named after the formation in 1890.[2] It is now thought to be a nomen dubium.

References

  1. Barrancas del Rio Parana at Fossilworks.org
  2. Camp, C. L., Taylor, D. N. and Welles, S. P., eds. (1942) Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates 1934-1938. Geological Society of America Special Papers, Number 42.

Wikidata ☰ Q6528308 entry