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Leptolepididae
Taxonomy
Leptolepididae was named by Owen (1859).
It was corrected as Leptolepidae by Owen (1859), Woodward (1895), Woodward (1901), Schaeffer (1947), Jordan (1963), Delsate (1997) and Arratia (2015); it was misspelled as Leptolepidae by Gardiner (1960), Nelson (2006), Nelson et al. (2016) and Arratia (2017).
It was assigned to Cycloganoidei by Owen (1859); to Isospondyli by Woodward (1895); to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1901); to Clupeoidea by Schaeffer (1947); to Pholidophoroidea by Gardiner (1960); to Pholidophoroidei by Jordan (1963); to Teleostei by Delsate (1997) and Arratia (2015); and to Leptolepidiformes by Nelson (2006), Nelson et al. (2016) and Arratia (2017).
It was corrected as Leptolepidae by Owen (1859), Woodward (1895), Woodward (1901), Schaeffer (1947), Jordan (1963), Delsate (1997) and Arratia (2015); it was misspelled as Leptolepidae by Gardiner (1960), Nelson (2006), Nelson et al. (2016) and Arratia (2017).
It was assigned to Cycloganoidei by Owen (1859); to Isospondyli by Woodward (1895); to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1901); to Clupeoidea by Schaeffer (1947); to Pholidophoroidea by Gardiner (1960); to Pholidophoroidei by Jordan (1963); to Teleostei by Delsate (1997) and Arratia (2015); and to Leptolepidiformes by Nelson (2006), Nelson et al. (2016) and Arratia (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1859 | Leptolepidae Owen p. 126 |
| 1859 | Leptolepididae Owen p. 126 |
| 1895 | Leptolepidae Woodward p. 500 |
| 1901 | Leptolepidae Woodward p. 1 |
| 1947 | Leptolepidae Schaeffer p. 13 |
| 1960 | Leptolepidae Gardiner p. 350 |
| 1963 | Leptolepidae Jordan p. 617 |
| 1997 | Leptolepidae Delsate p. 129 |
| 2006 | Leptolepididae Nelson p. 102 |
| 2015 | Leptolepidae Arratia p. 50 |
| 2016 | Leptolepididae Nelson et al. p. 130 |
| 2017 | Leptolepididae Arratia p. 22 |
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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.
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 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. †Lycoptera Müller 1847
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†Lycoptera davidi Sauvage 1880
†Lycoptera fuxinensis Zhang 2002
†Lycoptera middendorffi Muller 1848
†Lycoptera muroii Takai 1943
†Lycoptera sankeyushuensis Ma and Sun 1988
†Lycoptera sinensis Woodward 1901
†Lycoptera tokunagai Saito 1936
G. †Proleptolepis
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 242.00000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections (78 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Longobardian | Italy | Leptolepis sp. (153401) | |
| Raricostatum | Portugal | Proleptolepis sp. (127285) | |
| Spinatum | France (Ardennes) | Proleptolepis sp. (149428) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany | Leptolepis bronni (122170) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Italy (Lombardy) | Leptolepis sp. (90436) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Japan (Yamaguchi) | Leptolepis sp. (38212) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | France (Rhone) | Leptolepis normandica (140482) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | France | Leptolepis coryphaenoides (122731 122737) Leptolepis coryphaenoides, Leptolepis autissiodorensis (122733) Leptolepis coryphaenoides, Leptolepis bronni (122732) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) | Leptolepis concentricus (153651) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Germany (Bavaria) | Leptolepis coryphaenoides (51273) | |
| Falciferum | United Kingdom (England) | Leptolepis bronni (132073) Leptolepis sp. (132646) | |
| Falciferum | Germany | Paraleptolepis wiedenrothi (117155) | |
| Falciferum | France | Leptolepis affinis, Leptolepis autissiodorensis (122734) | |
| Falciferum | Luxembourg | Leptolepis sp., Leptolepis normandica (148844) | |
| Tenuicostatum | Italy | Leptolepis coryphaenoides (190202) | |
| Toarcian | United Kingdom | Leptolepis bronni (132036) | |
| Toarcian | Greece | Leptolepididae indet. (223814) | |
| Toarcian | United Kingdom (England) | Leptolepis saltviciensis (122167 122372 122373) | |
| Toarcian | France | Leptolepis coryphaenoides (123345 123346 123347) | |
| Toarcian | Germany (Würtemberg) | Leptolepis jaegeri, Leptolepis bronni (122171) | |
| Toarcian | Germany | Leptolepis bronni (122169 131923 131924) | |
| 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) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Colorado) | Coccolepis sp. (39421) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Eastern Barvaria) | Tharsis dubius, Tharsis sp. (187436) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Bavaria) | Tharsis dubius (132944) Tharsis sp., Ascalabos sp. (150583) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Tharsis dubius (154138) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Bayern) | Tharsis sp. (59175) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Leptolepis sp., Tharsis sp., Leptolepidae indet. (35262) | |
| Berriasian - Valanginian | China (Shandong) | Lycoptera sp. (47070) | |
| Neocomian | Japan (Fukuoka) | Paraleptolepis kikuchii, Paraleptolepis elegans (145244) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | Australia (Victoria) | Leptolepis koonwarri (140631) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | USA (Nevada) | Leptolepis nevadensis (140554) | |
| Hauterivian - Barremian | Mongolia | Lycoptera middendorffi (48940) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Nei Mongol) | Lycoptera kansuensis (91202) Lycoptera sp. (85296 103654) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Ascalabos voithi (28006) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Hebei) | Lycoptera sp. (116134) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Lycoptera davidi (73687) Lycoptera sp. (36969 50470 79521) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Nei Mongol) | Lycoptera davidi (68047) | |
| Barremian | China (Hebei) | Lycoptera davidi (156414) | |
| Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | Belgium (Sauerland) | Leptolepis formosus, Leptolepis attenuatus, Leptolepis brevis (22645) | |
| Aptian | China (Jilin) | Lycoptera davidi (197339) Lycoptera sp. (196770) | |
| Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Lycoptera indet. (129475) Lycoptera sp. (36970 85285 118207) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Australia (Victoria) | Leptolepis koonwarri (77192) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Russian Federation (Transbaikal) | Lycoptera middendorffii (188777) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | China (Inner Mongolia) | Lycoptera sp. (193940) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Croatia | Leptolepis neocomiensis, Leptolepis neumayri (123565) Leptolepis neumayri (123550 221022) |