Leptopleuron
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Leptopleuron is a genus of an extinct procolophonid
that lived in dry lands of the late Triassic
of Scotland
. Its fossils were found in Lossiemouth Sandstone
.
Procolophonid
The Procolophonids - family Procolophonidae - are a group of small reptiles. Skulls have been discovered, roughly 5 cm in diameter....
that lived in dry lands of the late Triassic
Late Triassic
The Late Triassic is in the geologic timescale the third and final of three epochs of the Triassic period. The corresponding series is known as the Upper Triassic. In the past it was sometimes called the Keuper, after a German lithostratigraphic group that has a roughly corresponding age...
of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Its fossils were found in Lossiemouth Sandstone
Lossiemouth Sandstone
The Lossiemouth Sandstone is a Late Triassic geologic formation. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.-Paleofauna:-See also:* List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations...
.