Leptolepis Agassiz 1832 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae

Synonyms: Ascalabos Münster 1839, Megastoma Costa 1850, Oxygonius Agassiz 1845, Sarginites Costa 1850, Tharsis Giebel 1848

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1832. Untersuchungen über die fossilen Fische der Lias-Formation. Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 3:139-149

Parent taxon: Leptolepididae according to G. Arratia 2017

See also Argyriou 2022, Delsate 1997, Gardiner 1960, Owen 1859, Rayner 1948, Schaeffer 1947, Sepkoski 2002, Wenz 1967, Woodward 1895, Woodward 1895 and Woodward 1919

Sister taxa: Longileptolepis, Lycoptera, Proleptolepis

Subtaxa: Leptolepis africana 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

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), Belgium (1), Croatia (3), Spain (1), United States (1: Nevada)

• Jurassic of Australia (1), France (11), Germany (11), Italy (2), Japan (1), Luxembourg (6), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (1: Colorado)

• Triassic of Italy (1)

Total: 52 collections including 66 occurrences

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