Leptolepidae (also spelt as Leptolepididae)[3] is an extinct family of herring-like stem-teleost fish found throughout the world during the Jurassic. They were among the first fish to possess certain teleost synapomorphies, such as cycloid scales and fully ossified vertebrae.[1]
Leptolepidae Temporal range:
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Fossil of Leptolepis coryphaenoides | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Leptolepiformes |
Family: | †Leptolepidae Nicholson & Lydekker, 1889 |
Genera[1][2] | |
References
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- ^ Konwert, M.; Stumpf, S. (2017). "Exceptionally preserved Leptolepidae (Actinopterygii, Teleostei) from the late Early Jurassic Fossil-Lagerstätten of Grimmen and Dobbertin (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany)". Zootaxa. 4243 (2): 249–296. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.2. PMID 28610149.249-296&rft.date=2017&rft_id=info:doi/10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.2&rft_id=info:pmid/28610149&rft.aulast=Konwert&rft.aufirst=M.&rft.au=Stumpf, S.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Leptolepidae" class="Z3988">
- ^ Nelson, J. S.; Grande, T. C.; Wilson, M. V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.