| Lagerpeton Temporal range: Late Triassic
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| Skeletal diagram, showing preserved material in white. Unknown material (in dark gray) is reconstructed after other lagerpetids, such as Ixalerpeton and Dromomeron. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Family: | †Lagerpetidae |
| Genus: | †Lagerpeton Romer 1971 |
| Type species | |
| †Lagerpeton chanarensis | |
Lagerpeton is a genus of lagerpetid avemetatarsalian, comprising a single species, L. chanarensis.[1] First described from the Chañares Formation of Argentina by A. S. Romer in 1971, Lagerpeton's anatomy is somewhat incompletely known, with fossil specimens accounting for the pelvic girdle, hindlimbs, posterior presacral, sacral and anterior caudal vertebrae.[2] Skull and shoulder material has also been described.[3]
The name comes from the Greek λαγώς (lagṓs, "hare") plus ἑρπετόν (herpetón, "reptile").
- ^ Sereno, P. C.; Arcucci, A. B. (1994). "Dinosaurian precursors from the Middle Triassic of Argentina: Lagerpeton chanarensis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 13 (4): 385–399. Bibcode:1994JVPal..13..385S. doi:10.1080/02724634.1994.10011522. JSTOR 4523529.
- ^ Romer, A. S. (1971). "The Chanares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. X. Two new but incompletely known long-limbed pseudosuchians". Breviora. 378: 1–10.
- ^ Ezcurra, Martín D.; Nesbitt, Sterling J.; Bronzati, Mario; Dalla Vecchia, Fabio Marco; Agnolin, Federico L.; Benson, Roger B. J.; Brissón Egli, Federico; Cabreira, Sergio F.; Evers, Serjoscha W.; Gentil, Adriel R.; et al. (2020-12-09). "Enigmatic dinosaur precursors bridge the gap to the origin of Pterosauria". Nature. 588 (7838): 445–449. Bibcode:2020Natur.588..445E. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-3011-4. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 33299179. S2CID 228077525.