Vertebrata - Cotylosauria - Procolophonidae

Synonyms: Telerpeton elginense Mantell 1852 [objective synonym], Telerpeton elginese Mantell 1852 [objective synonym]

Belongs to Leptopleuron according to L. K. Saila 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Leptopleuron lacertinum: NMS 1891.92.528, a skeleton (Part and counterpart sandstone slabs, preserving the natural mould of a partial skull and most of the postcrania of a small, juvenile individual)
• Telerpeton elginense: NMS 1891.92.528, a skeleton. Its type locality is Spynie, quarry 2, near Elgin, which is in a Carnian/Norian dune sandstone in the Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: