Leptolepides

Leptolepides is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.[1]

Leptolepides
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
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

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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