Leptolepis
Sign in to saveLeptolepis (from , 'slight' and 'scale') is an extinct genus of stem-teleost fish that lived in what is now Europe (Germany, Luxembourg, France, England, Italy and maybe Greece) and North of Africa (Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco) during the Jurassic period (Pliensbachian–Callovian ages).
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6 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Species formerly placed in ''Leptolepis''
- Appearance
- The Morrison cf. ''Leptolepis''
- References
- Bibliography
Leptolepis (from , 'slight' and 'scale') is an extinct genus of stem-teleost fish that lived in what is now Europe (Germany, Luxembourg, France, England, Italy and maybe Greece) and North of Africa (Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco) during the Jurassic period (Pliensbachian–Callovian ages).
== Taxonomy == The genus Leptolepis was for a long time used as a wastebasket taxon for various small, unspecialised teleosts that did not form a natural clade. In 1974 the Swedish ichthyologist Orvar Nybelin revised the genus, restricting it to seven species from the Early to Middle Jurassic of Europe. Other species were reassigned to different genera. Leptolepis autissiodorensis Leptolepis buttenheimensis Leptolepis coryphaenoides Leptolepis curvisulcatus Leptolepis flexuosus Leptolepis jaegeri Leptolepis kremmeldorfensis Leptolepis inaequalis Leptolepis nathorsti Leptolepis macrocephalus Leptolepis normandica Leptolepis saltviciensis Leptolepis skyensis Leptolepis steberae Leptolepis woodwardi