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Extinct genus of fishes

Leptolepides
Temporal range: Tithonian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Orthogonikleithridae
Genus: Leptolepides
Nybelin, 1974
Type species
Leptolepides sprattiformis
Blainville, 1818
Species
  • Leptolepides sprattiformis Blainville, 1818
  • Leptolepides haerteisi Arratia, 1997
Synonyms
  • Clupea sprattiformis Blainville, 1818
3D reconstruction of Leptolepides chased by Aspidorhynchus

Leptolepides is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.

See also

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.

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Teleostei sensu de Pinna, 1996 (= Teleosteomorpha)
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
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Teleostei
Teleostei
Pachycormidae
Hypsocorminae
Asthenocorminae
Aspidorhynchidae
Pholidophoridae
sensu stricto
Archaeomaenidae
Siyuichthyidae
Pleuropholidae
Ankylophoridae
Catervariolidae
Cycloid clade
Leptolepididae
Ascalaboidae
Crossognathiformes
Ichthyodectiformes
Crown-Teleostei
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Leedsichthys problematicus

Aspidorhynchus acutirostris Ichthyokentema purbeckensis

Tharsis dubius
Crown-Teleostei
Elopomorpha
Orthogonikleithridae
Osteoglossomorpha
Tselfatiiformes
Protobramidae
Plethodidae
Clupeocephala
Pentanogmius evolutus
Taxon identifiers
Leptolepides


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