Osteichthyes - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Full reference: F. Bassani. 1879. Vorläufige Mitteilungen über die Fischfauna der Insel Lesina. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 1879:162-170
Belongs to Leptolepis according to F. Bassani 1882
See also Bassani 1879 and Woodward 1919
Sister taxa: Leptolepis africana, Leptolepis autissiodorensis, Leptolepis bahiaensis, Leptolepis brodiei, Leptolepis caudalis, Leptolepis concentricus, Leptolepis contractus, Leptolepis coryphaenoides, Leptolepis crassus, Leptolepis disjectus, Leptolepis dubius, Leptolepis gregarius, Leptolepis jaegeri, Leptolepis koonwarri, Leptolepis longus, Leptolepis lowei, Leptolepis macrolepidotus, Leptolepis macrophthalmus, Leptolepis neumayri, Leptolepis nevadensis, Leptolepis normandica, Leptolepis polyspondylus, Leptolepis saltviciensis, Leptolepis sprattiformis, Leptolepis talbragarensis, Leptolepis tenellus, Leptolepis voithii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lesina (K.K. Geologischen Reichsanstalt GBA collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Starigrad Limestone Formation of Croatia.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lesina (K.K. Geologischen Reichsanstalt GBA collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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