Osteichthyes - Leptolepidiformes
Alternative spelling: Leptolepiformes
Parent taxon: Teleostei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Arratia 2017, Long 2011, Nelson 2006 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Araripchthyiformes, Asiatolepis, Bathyclupeiformes, Catosteomi, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Clupeocephala, Crossognathiformes, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, Elopomorpha, Euteleosteii, Gasterosteiformes, Gobioidea, Ichthyodectiformes, Jinanichthys, Jugulares, Leucichthyops, Longdeichthys, Luisiella, Lyopomi, Malacopteri, Opisthomi, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteoglossomorpha, Osteossomorpha, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Percomorphacea, Pharyngognathi, Pholidophoriformes, Polymyxiomorpha, Scorpaeniformes, Sorbinicharacidae, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Tselfatiiformes, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys
Subtaxa: Ascalaboidae Leptolepididae Nephrotus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), Belgium (1), Croatia (3), Germany (1), Japan (1), Spain (2), United States (1: Nevada)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Australia (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Cuba (1), France (12), Germany (13), Greece (1), Italy (2), Japan (2), Luxembourg (6), Norway (1), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (1: Colorado)
• Triassic of Germany (1), Italy (1)
Total: 65 collections including 82 occurrences