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Leptolepis

Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Leptolepis Agassiz p. 146
1839Ascalabos Münster
1845Oxygonius Agassiz
1848Tharsis Giebel
1850Megastoma Costa
1850Sarginites Costa
1859Leptolepis Owen p. 126
1895Leptolepis Woodward p. 19
1919Leptolepis Woodward p. 121
1947Leptolepis Schaeffer p. 13
1948Leptolepis Rayner p. 325
1960Leptolepis Gardiner p. 314
1967Leptolepis Wenz p. 192
1997Leptolepis Delsate p. 129
2002Leptolepis Sepkoski
2002Tharsis Sepkoski
2017Leptolepis Arratia p. 23
2022Leptolepis Argyriou p. 102

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderLeptolepidiformes
familyLeptolepididae
genusLeptolepis

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 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
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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
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

Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 242.00000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy L. sp. (153401)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Italy (Lombardy) L. sp. (90436)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Bavaria) L. coryphaenoides (51273)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany L. bronni (122170)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Japan (Yamaguchi) L. sp. (38212)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0France L. coryphaenoides (122731 122737) L. coryphaenoides, L. autissiodorensis (122733) L. coryphaenoides, L. bronni (122732)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) L. concentricus (153651)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0France (Rhone) L. normandica (140482)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (England) L. sp. (132646)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Luxembourg L. sp., L. normandica (148844)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France L. affinis, L. autissiodorensis (122734)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Italy L. coryphaenoides (190202)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany L. bronni (122169 131923 131924)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1United Kingdom L. bronni (132036 132073)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany (Würtemberg) L. jaegeri, L. bronni (122171)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1France L. coryphaenoides (123345 123346 123347)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1United Kingdom (England) L. saltviciensis (122167 122372 122373)
Toarcian - Oxfordian182.7 - 157.3Norway (Svalbard) L. nathorsti (107003)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6Luxembourg L. sp. (141382)
Variabilis182.0 - 175.6Luxembourg L. sp. (141383 141384)
Thouarsense180.1 - 175.6Luxembourg L. sp. (141386 141389)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom L. disjectus (131844)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Basse-Normandie) L. sp. (28444)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (England) L. macrophthalmus (130656)
Oxfordian - Tithonian163.5 - 145.0Australia (New South Wales) L. talbragarensis, L. lowei, L. gregarius (29461)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Coccolepis sp. (39421)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) Tharsis sp. (59175)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bavaria) Tharsis dubius (132944) Tharsis sp., Ascalabos sp. (150583)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Tharsis dubius (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Eastern Barvaria) Tharsis dubius, Tharsis sp. (187436)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) L. sp., Tharsis sp. (35262)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Australia (Victoria) L. koonwarri (140631)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (Nevada) L. nevadensis (140554)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Ascalabos voithi (28006)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Belgium (Sauerland) L. formosus, L. attenuatus, L. brevis (22645)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Australia (Victoria) L. koonwarri (77192)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Croatia L. neocomiensis, L. neumayri (123565) L. neumayri (123550 221022)