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Taxon: Genus †Leptosaurus Fitzinger, 1837 (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation L.J. Fitzinger, 1837
Original name, rank & spelling Fitzinger, L.J. 1837. Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 185 ("(Lacerta neptunia)").
Subsequent publication Fitzinger, L. 1843. Syst. Rept.: 16, 60.

Etymology

Derived nameLeptorhynchia (Clade) DeMar, Jones & Carrano 2022 Ref: D.G. DeMar Jr. et al., 2022: 49 ("... and as a reference to one of the first rhynchocephalians named"). [new]

Attributes

Available genus-group name with available specific names [ICZN, 1999: Art. 12.2.5 (<1931)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 9 Aug 2023.

Synonyms

Questionably Accepted nameKallimodon (Genus) Cocude-Michel, 1963 Ref: O. Kuhn, 1969
InHomeosaurus (Genus) Sherborn, 1927 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 616.
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