Biology:Leptorrhamphus
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | Crocodilia |
| Superfamily: | Gavialoidea |
| Genus: | †Leptorrhamphus Ambrosetti, 1890 |
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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
- ↑ Barrancas del Rio Parana at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ 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
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