Osteichthyes - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Full reference: L. David. 1941. Leptolepis nevadensis, a new Cretaceous fish. Journal of Paleontology 15(3):318-321
Belongs to Leptolepis according to L. David 1941
Sister taxa: 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 normandica, Leptolepis polyspondylus, Leptolepis saltviciensis, Leptolepis sprattiformis, Leptolepis talbragarensis, Leptolepis tenellus, Leptolepis voithii
Type specimen: no10138, a skeleton.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at east of Eureka (Cretaceous of Nevada)
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