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Leptolepis
Taxonomy
Leptolepis was named by Agassiz (1832) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar K Apti Sepkoski's reference number: 915].
It was assigned to Pachycormiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Leptolepididae by Schaeffer (1947) and Arratia (2017); and to Leptolepidae by Owen (1859), Woodward (1895), Woodward (1895), Woodward (1919), Rayner (1948), Gardiner (1960), Wenz (1967), Delsate (1997) and Argyriou (2022).
It was assigned to Pachycormiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Leptolepididae by Schaeffer (1947) and Arratia (2017); and to Leptolepidae by Owen (1859), Woodward (1895), Woodward (1895), Woodward (1919), Rayner (1948), Gardiner (1960), Wenz (1967), Delsate (1997) and Argyriou (2022).
Species
L. africana, L. autissiodorensis, L. bahiaensis, L. brodiei (syn. Oxygonius tenuis, Sarginites pygmaeus, L. nanus, Megastoma apenninum), L. caudalis, L. concentricus, L. contractus, L. coryphaenoides (syn. L. pronus, L. pachystelus, L. constrictus, L. affinis, L. bronni), L. crassus, L. disjectus, L. dubius, L. gregarius, L. jaegeri, L. koonwarri, L. longus, L. lowei, L. macrolepidotus, L. macrophthalmus, L. neocomiensis, L. neumayri, L. nevadensis, L. normandica, L. polyspondylus, L. saltviciensis, L. sprattiformis, L. talbragarensis, L. tenellus, L. voithii
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1832 | Leptolepis Agassiz p. 146 |
| 1839 | Ascalabos Münster |
| 1845 | Oxygonius Agassiz |
| 1848 | Tharsis Giebel |
| 1850 | Megastoma Costa |
| 1850 | Sarginites Costa |
| 1859 | Leptolepis Owen p. 126 |
| 1895 | Leptolepis Woodward p. 19 |
| 1919 | Leptolepis Woodward p. 121 |
| 1947 | Leptolepis Schaeffer p. 13 |
| 1948 | Leptolepis Rayner p. 325 |
| 1960 | Leptolepis Gardiner p. 314 |
| 1967 | Leptolepis Wenz p. 192 |
| 1997 | Leptolepis Delsate p. 129 |
| 2002 | Leptolepis Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Tharsis Sepkoski |
| 2017 | Leptolepis Arratia p. 23 |
| 2022 | Leptolepis Argyriou p. 102 |
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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.
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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available