Biology:Leptolepidae
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Short description: Extinct family of ray-finned fishes
| Leptolepidae | |
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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 |
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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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arratia, G.; Hikuroa, D. C. H. (2010). "Jurassic fishes from the Latady Group, Antarctic Peninsula, and the oldest teleosts from Antarctica". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (5): 1331–1342. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.501448. Bibcode: 2010JVPal..30.1331A.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Nelson, J. S.; Grande, T. C.; Wilson, M. V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.
Wikidata ☰ Q1673917 entry
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