Genus: Leptorophus BULMAN & WHITTARD, 1926
Etymology:

Species: tener (SCHONFELD, 1911)
Etymology:
= Melanerpeton tenerum (SCHONFELD, 1911) WERNBURG, 1986
= Branchiosaurus tener SCHONFELD, 1911 (partim)

Lectotyp: MMGD-PzPl

Locality: Kiesgrube Clennen NW Sachsen, Sekundare Lagerstatte in Glazialshcottern, Saschen (Saxony) State, Germany.

Horizon: Tuffite von Clennen.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Rotliegendes Epoch, Early Permian.

Material: Skull.

Paralectotypes:

MMGD-PzP5: Skull and fragmentary skeleton.

MMGD-PzP119: Skull and fragmentary skeleton, and scales.

Referred material:

MMGD-PzP118:

MMGD-PzP75: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.

MMGD-PzP110:

 

WERNBURG, 2007

Locality: Börtewitz, NW Saxony Basin, Germany.

Horizon: Börtewitz Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Permian.

Material: Fragmentary skull and skeleton.

Note: Has skin impressions and color pattern.


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Species: humbergensis BOY, 1978
Etymology:
= Branchiosaurus humbergensis BOY, 1978
= Melanerpeton humbergensis (BOY, 1978)

Holotype:

Locality: Jaeckenbach Bank (L-06), Lauterecken-Oderheim-Schichten, Germany.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Permian.

Material: Fragmentary skull, and skeleton.

Referred material:

= Melanerpeton humbergense WERNEBURG, 2004

Locality: Niederkirchen-Heimkirchen, Saar-Nahe-Basin, Rhineland-Pflaz State, Germany.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Rotliegned, ?Late Carboniferous-Early Permian.

Material:

NHMS-WP 2248: Nearly complete skull and skeleton.
Note: Skin impressions.
Note: Has lateral lines.

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Species: raischi SCHOCH, 2014
Etymology: In honor of Markus Raisch, who discovered and prepared teh specimens described here adn who collected further valuable material in teh Rotliegend of the Saar-Nahe Basin.

Holotype: UGKU 1800

Locality: Obermoschel, Rheinland-Pfalz State, Germany.

Horizon: M7, upper bed of Obermoschel lake deposit.

Biostraitgraphy:

Age: Rotliegendes Epoch, Early Permian.

Material: Skull and anterior part of postcranium.

Referred material:

UGKU 1801 a + b: Skull and anterior postcranial skeleton, in part and counterpart.