Leptolepides
Appearance
Leptolepides Temporal range:
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | †Orthogonikleithridae |
Genus: | †Leptolepides Nybelin, 1974 |
Type species | |
Leptolepides sprattiformis Blainville, 1818
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Leptolepides is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
External links
[edit]- "Pachycormiformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 11, 2012.