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Leptolepis lowei

Osteichthyes - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae

Taxonomy
Leptolepis lowei was named by Woodward (1895). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Talbragar Beds, which is in an Oxfordian/Tithonian lacustrine shale in the Purlawaugh Formation of Australia.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Leptolepis lowei Woodward p. 22

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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
specieslowei

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 lowei Woodward 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-07-21 06:27:50
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:27:50
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Tithonian or 161.50000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Australia (New South Wales) Leptolepis lowei (type locality: 29461)