Leptonectes solei McGowan 1993 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria

Alternative combination: Leptopterygius solei

Belongs to Leptonectes according to M. W. Maisch 2010

See also Ji et al. 2016, Maisch and Matzke 2000 and McGowan and Motani 2003

Sister taxa: Leptonectes moorei, Leptonectes tenuirostris, Leptopterygius margaritatus, Leptopterygius amalthei, Leptopterygius numismalis

Type specimen: Its type locality is 0.6 km east Charmouth, which is in an Obtusum marine siliciclastic in the Charmouth Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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