Osteichthyes - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Synonyms: 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, Gregory 1923, Lauder and Liem 1983, Owen 1859, Patterson and Rosen 1977, Rayner 1948, Schaeffer 1947, Sepkoski 2002, Wagner 1863, Wenz 1967, Woodward 1895, Woodward 1895 and Woodward 1919
Sister taxa: Longileptolepis, Proleptolepis
Subtaxa: Leptolepis africana Leptolepis autissiodorensis Leptolepis bahiaensis Leptolepis brodiei Leptolepis caudalis Leptolepis concentricus Leptolepis contractus Leptolepis coryphaenoides Leptolepis crusafonti Leptolepis disjectus Leptolepis dubius Leptolepis euspondylus 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:
• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), Belgium (1), Croatia (3), Germany (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Jurassic of Australia (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Cuba (1), France (11), Germany (12), Italy (2), Japan (1), Luxembourg (6), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (1: Colorado)
• Triassic of Italy (1)
Total: 56 collections including 70 occurrences
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