Leptolepis crusafonti Wenz 1968 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae

Full reference: S. Wenz. 1968. Note preliminaire sur la faune ichthyologique du Jurassique superieur du Montsech (Espagne). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France S7-X(1):116-119

Belongs to Leptolepis according to S. Wenz 1968

Sister taxa: Leptolepis africana, Leptolepis autissiodorensis, Leptolepis bahiaensis, Leptolepis brodiei, Leptolepis caudalis, Leptolepis concentricus, Leptolepis contractus, Leptolepis coryphaenoides, 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

Type specimen: Its type locality is La Pedrera de Meià, El Montsec, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Pedrera de Meià, El Montsec

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