Leptosomus elongatus von der Marck 1868 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Sardinioididae

Full reference: W. von der Marck. 1868. Taxonomic names, in Neue Fische und Krebse aus der Kreide von Westfalen. Palaeontographica 15:269-305

Belongs to Leptosomus according to A. S. Woodward 1901

See also von der Marck 1868 and von der Marck 1885

Sister taxa: Sardinioides attenuatus, Sardinioides crassicaudus, Sardinioides illustrans, Sardinioides macrophthalmus, Sardinioides minimus, Sardinioides monasterii, Sardinioides pusillus, Leptosomus guestphalicus, Leptosomus macrourus, Leptosomus crassicostatus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bauerschaft Bracht, near Sendenhorst (Cretaceous of Germany)

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