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Leptolepis macrophthalmus

Osteichthyes - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae

Taxonomy
Leptolepis macrophthalmus was named by Egerton (1853). Its type specimen is BMNH P.575-6, P.3677 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Christian Malford, which is in a Callovian offshore mudstone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. attenuatus, L. brevis, L. formosus, L. nathorsti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Leptolepis macrophthalmus Egerton figs. pl. viii
1895Leptolepis macrophthalmus Woodward p. 508 figs. Pl. XVIII. fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderLeptolepidiformes
familyLeptolepididae
genusLeptolepis
speciesmacrophthalmusEgerton 1853

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Leptolepis macrophthalmus Egerton 1853
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available