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Leptolepidiformes
Taxonomy
Leptolepiformes is an order.
It was corrected as Leptolepidiformes by Nelson (2006), Nelson et al. (2016), Arratia (2017), van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Teleostei by Nelson (2006), Long (2011), Nelson et al. (2016), Arratia (2017), van der Laan (2019).
It was corrected as Leptolepidiformes by Nelson (2006), Nelson et al. (2016), Arratia (2017), van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Teleostei by Nelson (2006), Long (2011), Nelson et al. (2016), Arratia (2017), van der Laan (2019).
Subtaxa
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by G. Lloyd on 2012-02-08
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Leptolepidiformes Nelson p. 102 |
| 2011 | Leptolepiformes Long p. 242 |
| 2016 | Leptolepidiformes Nelson et al. p. 130 |
| 2017 | Leptolepidiformes Arratia p. 22 |
| 2019 | Leptolepidiformes van der Laan p. 58 |
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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.
Or. †Leptolepidiformes
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Fm. †Leptolepididae Owen 1859
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G. †Leptolepis Agassiz 1832
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†Leptolepis africana Gardiner 1960
†Leptolepis autissiodorensis Sauvage 1892
†Leptolepis bahiaensis Schaeffer 1947
†Leptolepis brodiei Agassiz 1845
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Invalid names: Leptolepis nanus Egerton 1845 [synonym], Megastoma apenninum Costa 1850 [synonym], Oxygonius tenuis Agassiz 1845 [synonym], Sarginites pygmaeus Costa 1850 [synonym]
†Leptolepis caudalis Agassiz 1843
†Leptolepis concentricus Egerton 1849
†Leptolepis contractus Agassiz 1834
†Leptolepis coryphaenoides Bronn 1830
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Invalid names: Leptolepis affinis Sauvage 1874 [synonym], Leptolepis bronni Agassiz 1832 [objective synonym], Leptolepis constrictus Egerton 1852 [synonym], Leptolepis pachystelus Sauvage 1874 [synonym], Leptolepis pronus Sauvage 1874 [synonym]
†Leptolepis crassus Agassiz 1839
†Leptolepis disjectus Woodward 1890
†Leptolepis dubius Blainville 1818
†Leptolepis euspondylus Gregory 1923
†Leptolepis gregarius Woodward 1895
†Leptolepis jaegeri Agassiz 1832
†Leptolepis koonwarri Waldman 1971
†Leptolepis longus Agassiz 1832
†Leptolepis lowei Woodward 1895
†Leptolepis macrolepidotus Agassiz 1834
†Leptolepis macrophthalmus Egerton 1853
†Leptolepis neocomiensis Bassani 1879
†Leptolepis neumayri Bassani 1879
†Leptolepis nevadensis David 1941
†Leptolepis normandica Nybelin 1962
†Leptolepis polyspondylus Agassiz 1834
†Leptolepis saltviciensis Simpson 1884
†Leptolepis sprattiformis Blainville 1818
†Leptolepis talbragarensis Woodward 1895
†Leptolepis tenellus Agassiz 1833
†Leptolepis voithii Agassiz 1834
Invalid names: Ascalabos Münster 1839 [synonym], Megastoma Costa 1850 [synonym], Oxygonius Agassiz 1845 [synonym], Sarginites Costa 1850 [synonym], Tharsis Giebel 1848 [synonym]
G. †Longileptolepis Arratia 2003
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†Longileptolepis wiedenrothi Arratia and Thies 2001
Invalid names: Paraleptolepis Yabumoto 1994 [replaced]
G. †Proleptolepis
G. †Nephrotus Meyer 1851
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 239.48000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (62 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ladinian | Germany | Nephrotus chorzowensis (149170) | |
| Longobardian | Italy | Leptolepis sp. (153401) | |
| Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic | Japan | Leptolepiformes indet. (133510) | |
| Raricostatum | Portugal | Proleptolepis sp. (127285) | |
| Spinatum | France (Ardennes) | Proleptolepis sp. (149428) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | France | Leptolepis coryphaenoides (122731 122737) Leptolepis coryphaenoides, Leptolepis autissiodorensis (122733) Leptolepis coryphaenoides, Leptolepis bronni (122732) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Italy (Lombardy) | Leptolepis sp. (90436) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Leptolepis concentricus (153651) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Japan (Yamaguchi) | Leptolepis sp. (38212) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany | Leptolepis bronni (122170) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | France (Rhone) | Leptolepis normandica (140482) | |
| Falciferum | France | Leptolepis affinis, Leptolepis autissiodorensis (122734) | |
| Falciferum | United Kingdom (England) | Leptolepis bronni (132073) Leptolepis sp. (132646) | |
| Falciferum | Luxembourg | Leptolepis sp., Leptolepis normandica (148844) | |
| Falciferum | Germany | Paraleptolepis wiedenrothi (117155) | |
| Falciferum | Germany (Bavaria) | Leptolepis coryphaenoides (51273) | |
| Tenuicostatum | Italy | Leptolepis coryphaenoides (190202) | |
| Toarcian | Greece | Leptolepididae indet. (223814) | |
| Toarcian | United Kingdom (England) | Leptolepis saltviciensis (122167 122372 122373) | |
| Toarcian | Germany (Würtemberg) | Leptolepis jaegeri, Leptolepis bronni (122171) | |
| Toarcian | Germany | Leptolepis bronni (122169 131923 131924) | |
| Toarcian | France | Leptolepis coryphaenoides (123345 123346 123347) | |
| Toarcian | United Kingdom | Leptolepis bronni (132036) | |
| Toarcian - Oxfordian | Norway (Svalbard) | Leptolepis nathorsti (107003) | |
| Bifrons | Luxembourg | Leptolepis sp. (141382) | |
| Variabilis | Luxembourg | Leptolepis sp. (141383 141384) | |
| Thouarsense | Luxembourg | Leptolepis sp. (141386 141389) | |
| Bathonian | United Kingdom | Leptolepis disjectus (131844) | |
| Middle Bathonian | France (Basse-Normandie) | Leptolepis sp. (28444) | |
| Callovian | United Kingdom (England) | Leptolepis macrophthalmus (130656) | |
| Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian | Antarctica | Leptolepidae indet. (117161) | |
| Oxfordian - Tithonian | Australia (New South Wales) | Leptolepis talbragarensis, Leptolepis lowei, Leptolepis gregarius (29461) | |
| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Cuba (Cienfuegos) | Leptolepis euspondylus (278860) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Colorado) | Coccolepis sp. (39421) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Tharsis dubius (154138) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Eastern Bavaria) | Tharsis dubius, Tharsis sp. (187436) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Bayern) | Tharsis sp. (59175) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Bavaria) | Tharsis dubius (132944) Tharsis sp., Ascalabos sp. (150583) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Leptolepis sp., Tharsis sp., Leptolepidae indet. (35262) | |
| Neocomian | Japan (Fukuoka) | Paraleptolepis kikuchii, Paraleptolepis elegans (145244) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | USA (Nevada) | Leptolepis nevadensis (140554) | |
| Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Cataluña) | Leptolepis voithii (85293) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Ascalabos voithi (28006) | |
| Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | Belgium (Hainaut) | Leptolepis formosus, Leptolepis attenuatus, Leptolepis brevis (22645) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Australia (Victoria) | Leptolepis koonwarri (77192 140631) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Croatia | Leptolepis neocomiensis, Leptolepis neumayri (123565) Leptolepis neumayri (123550 221022) |