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Branch-based clade: Leptorhynchia DeMar, Jones & Carrano 2022 (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation D.G. DeMar Jr. et al., 2022, nom. cl. nov.
Original clade name & spelling DeMar, D.G., Jr., Jones, M.E.H. & Carrano, M.T. 2022. J. Syst. Palaeont. 20 (1): 5 ("taxon nov.").
Original definition [PhyloCode] loc. cit.

Etymology

Greek λεπτός [leptós], narrow. Ref: D.G. DeMar Jr. et al., 2022: 49.
Greek (subst. neut.) ῥύγχος [rhúnkhos] (gen.: ῥύγχους), beak. Ref: D.G. DeMar Jr. et al., 2022: 49.
Greek (subst. neut.) ῥύγχος [rhúnkhos] (gen.: ῥύγχους), snout. Ref: D.G. DeMar Jr. et al., 2022: 49. ("in reference to the narrow snouts of the species it contains ...")

Etymology

Derived fromLeptosaurus (Genus) Fitzinger, 1837 Ref: D.G. DeMar Jr. et al., 2022: 49 ("... and as a reference to one of the first rhynchocephalians named"). [new]

Attributes

New clade name (nomen cladi novum) [PhyloCode] Ref: D.G. DeMar Jr. et al. 2022. J. Syst. Palaeont. 20 (1): 5. [new]
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