Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Full reference: B. G. Gardiner. 1960. A revision of certain actinopterygian and coelacanth fishes, chiefly from the Lower Lias. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 4(7):241-384
Belongs to Leptolepis according to B. G. Gardiner 1960
Sister taxa: Leptolepis autissiodorensis, Leptolepis bahiaensis, Leptolepis brodiei, Leptolepis caudalis, Leptolepis concentricus, Leptolepis contractus, Leptolepis coryphaenoides, Leptolepis crassus, Leptolepis disjectus, Leptolepis dubius, Leptolepis gregarius, Leptolepis jaegeri, Leptolepis koonwarri, Leptolepis longus, Leptolepis lowei, Leptolepis macrolepidotus, Leptolepis macrophthalmus, Leptolepis neocomiensis, Leptolepis neumayri, Leptolepis nevadensis, Leptolepis normandica, Leptolepis polyspondylus, Leptolepis saltviciensis, Leptolepis sprattiformis, Leptolepis talbragarensis, Leptolepis tenellus, Leptolepis voithii
Type specimen: BMNH P38526, P38527, a partial skeleton
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Leptolepis africana in the database
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