Leptopleuroninae is an extinct subfamily of procolophonid reptiles. It is defined as all taxa closer to Leptopleuron lacertinum than to Procolophon trigoniceps. The oldest member of Leptopleuroninae is Phonodus dutoitorum from the Induan age of the Early Triassic. It is the only procolophonid group that survived into the Late Triassic.

Phylogeny

A cladogram showing relationships within Procolophonidae after Modesto et al., 2010:

ProcolophonidaeColetta seca Pintosaurus magnidentis Sauropareion anoplus Kitchingnathus untabeni Phaanthosaurus sp. Theledectinae Tichvinskia vjatkensis Procolophoninae Leptopleuroninae Pentaedrusaurus ordosianus Neoprocolophon asiaticus Phonodus dutoitorum clade "N" Sclerosaurus armatus Scoloparia glyphanodon Leptopleuron lacertinum Soturnia caliodon Hypsognathus fenneri
Coletta seca
Pintosaurus magnidentis
Sauropareion anoplus
Kitchingnathus untabeni
Phaanthosaurus sp. Theledectinae Tichvinskia vjatkensis Procolophoninae Leptopleuroninae Pentaedrusaurus ordosianus Neoprocolophon asiaticus Phonodus dutoitorum clade "N" Sclerosaurus armatus Scoloparia glyphanodon Leptopleuron lacertinum Soturnia caliodon Hypsognathus fenneri
Phaanthosaurus sp.
Theledectinae Tichvinskia vjatkensis Procolophoninae Leptopleuroninae Pentaedrusaurus ordosianus Neoprocolophon asiaticus Phonodus dutoitorum clade "N" Sclerosaurus armatus Scoloparia glyphanodon Leptopleuron lacertinum Soturnia caliodon Hypsognathus fenneri
Theledectinae
Tichvinskia vjatkensis Procolophoninae Leptopleuroninae Pentaedrusaurus ordosianus Neoprocolophon asiaticus Phonodus dutoitorum clade "N" Sclerosaurus armatus Scoloparia glyphanodon Leptopleuron lacertinum Soturnia caliodon Hypsognathus fenneri
Tichvinskia vjatkensis
Procolophoninae Leptopleuroninae Pentaedrusaurus ordosianus Neoprocolophon asiaticus Phonodus dutoitorum clade "N" Sclerosaurus armatus Scoloparia glyphanodon Leptopleuron lacertinum Soturnia caliodon Hypsognathus fenneri
Procolophoninae
Leptopleuroninae Pentaedrusaurus ordosianus Neoprocolophon asiaticus Phonodus dutoitorum clade "N" Sclerosaurus armatus Scoloparia glyphanodon Leptopleuron lacertinum Soturnia caliodon Hypsognathus fenneri
LeptopleuroninaePentaedrusaurus ordosianus Neoprocolophon asiaticus Phonodus dutoitorum clade "N" Sclerosaurus armatus Scoloparia glyphanodon Leptopleuron lacertinum Soturnia caliodon Hypsognathus fenneri
Pentaedrusaurus ordosianus
Neoprocolophon asiaticus Phonodus dutoitorum clade "N" Sclerosaurus armatus Scoloparia glyphanodon Leptopleuron lacertinum Soturnia caliodon Hypsognathus fenneri
Neoprocolophon asiaticus
Phonodus dutoitorum
clade "N"Sclerosaurus armatus Scoloparia glyphanodon Leptopleuron lacertinum Soturnia caliodon Hypsognathus fenneri
Sclerosaurus armatus Scoloparia glyphanodon
Sclerosaurus armatus
Scoloparia glyphanodon
Leptopleuron lacertinum Soturnia caliodon Hypsognathus fenneri
Leptopleuron lacertinum
Soturnia caliodon Hypsognathus fenneri
Soturnia caliodon
Hypsognathus fenneri

Below are two cladograms that follow phylogenetic analyses by Butler et al. (2023):

Analyses 1 and 3: Strict consensus of 760 and 18 most parsimonious trees (MPTs).Leptopleuroninae Neoprocolophon Pentaedrusaurus Mandaphon Scoloparia Sclerosaurus Hwiccewyrm Hypsognathus Soturnia LeptopleuronAnalysis 2: Single MPT.Leptopleuroninae Kapes bentoni Thelephon Kapes majmesculae Pentaedrusaurus Anomoiodon Theledectes Procolina Phonodus Mandaphon Neoprocolophon Scoloparia Sclerosaurus Hwiccewyrm Leptopleuron Hypsognathus Soturnia
LeptopleuroninaeNeoprocolophon Pentaedrusaurus Mandaphon Scoloparia Sclerosaurus Hwiccewyrm Hypsognathus Soturnia Leptopleuron
Neoprocolophon
Pentaedrusaurus
Mandaphon Scoloparia Sclerosaurus Hwiccewyrm Hypsognathus Soturnia Leptopleuron
Mandaphon
Scoloparia Sclerosaurus Hwiccewyrm Hypsognathus Soturnia Leptopleuron
Scoloparia Sclerosaurus
Scoloparia
Sclerosaurus
Hwiccewyrm Hypsognathus Soturnia Leptopleuron
Hwiccewyrm
Hypsognathus
Soturnia
Leptopleuron
Leptopleuroninae Kapes bentoni Thelephon Kapes majmesculae Pentaedrusaurus Anomoiodon Theledectes Procolina Phonodus Mandaphon Neoprocolophon Scoloparia Sclerosaurus Hwiccewyrm Leptopleuron Hypsognathus Soturnia
LeptopleuroninaeKapes bentoni Thelephon Kapes majmesculae Pentaedrusaurus Anomoiodon Theledectes Procolina Phonodus Mandaphon Neoprocolophon Scoloparia Sclerosaurus Hwiccewyrm Leptopleuron Hypsognathus Soturnia
Kapes bentoni Thelephon Kapes majmesculae
Kapes bentoni
Thelephon Kapes majmesculae
Thelephon
Kapes majmesculae
Pentaedrusaurus Anomoiodon Theledectes Procolina Phonodus Mandaphon Neoprocolophon Scoloparia Sclerosaurus Hwiccewyrm Leptopleuron Hypsognathus Soturnia
Pentaedrusaurus
Anomoiodon Theledectes Procolina Phonodus Mandaphon Neoprocolophon Scoloparia Sclerosaurus Hwiccewyrm Leptopleuron Hypsognathus Soturnia
Anomoiodon Theledectes Procolina Phonodus
Anomoiodon
Theledectes Procolina Phonodus
Theledectes
Procolina Phonodus
Procolina
Phonodus
Mandaphon Neoprocolophon Scoloparia Sclerosaurus Hwiccewyrm Leptopleuron Hypsognathus Soturnia
Mandaphon
Neoprocolophon Scoloparia Sclerosaurus Hwiccewyrm Leptopleuron Hypsognathus Soturnia
Neoprocolophon
Scoloparia Sclerosaurus Hwiccewyrm Leptopleuron Hypsognathus Soturnia
Scoloparia Sclerosaurus
Scoloparia
Sclerosaurus
Hwiccewyrm Leptopleuron Hypsognathus Soturnia
Hwiccewyrm
Leptopleuron Hypsognathus Soturnia
Leptopleuron
Hypsognathus Soturnia
Hypsognathus
Soturnia