Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Alternative spelling: Leptolepidae
Full reference: R. Owen. 1859. Palaeontology. The Encyclopaedia Brittanica, or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature (8th Edition) 17:91-176
Parent taxon: Leptolepidiformes according to G. Arratia 2017
See also Arratia 2015, Delsate 1997, Gardiner 1960, Jordan 1963, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Owen 1859, Schaeffer 1947, Woodward 1895 and Woodward 1901
Sister taxon: Nephrotus
Subtaxa: Leptolepis Longileptolepis Lycoptera Proleptolepis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), Belgium (1), China (18), Croatia (3), Japan (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Australia (1), France (12), Germany (12), Greece (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), Luxembourg (6), Norway (1), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (1: Colorado)
• Triassic of Italy (1)
Total: 78 collections including 94 occurrences