Osteichthyes - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Alternative combination: Cyprinus coryphaenoides
Synonyms: Leptolepis affinis Sauvage 1874, Leptolepis bronni Agassiz 1832 [objective synonym], Leptolepis bronnii Agassiz 1832 [objective synonym], Leptolepis constrictus Egerton 1852, Leptolepis pachystelus Sauvage 1874, Leptolepis pronus Sauvage 1874
Belongs to Leptolepis according to A. Tintori 1977
See also Agassiz 1832, Agassiz 1833, Agassiz 1843, Rayner 1948, Schaeffer 1947, Wenz 1967, Woodward 1895 and Woodward 1919
Sister taxa: Leptolepis africana, Leptolepis autissiodorensis, Leptolepis bahiaensis, Leptolepis brodiei, Leptolepis caudalis, Leptolepis concentricus, Leptolepis contractus, 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
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (8 collections), Germany (6), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences
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