Leptolepidae Temporal range:
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Fossil of Leptolepis coryphaenoides | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Leptolepiformes |
Family: | †
Leptolepidae Nicholson & Lydekker, 1889 |
Genera [1] [2] | |
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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
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Leptolepiformes |
Family: | †
Leptolepidae Nicholson & Lydekker, 1889 |
Genera [1] [2] | |
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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]