Biology:Leptonectes
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
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| Leptonectes tenuirostris skeleton | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | †Leptonectidae |
| Genus: | †Leptonectes McGowan, 1996[1] |
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Leptopterygius Huene, 1929 | |
Leptonectes is a genus of ichthyosaur that lived in the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic (Rhaetian - Pliensbachian). Fossils have been found in Belgium, Germany , Switzerland , Spain and the United Kingdom.[3][4][5][6] The type species, L. tenuirostris, reached 4 metres (13 ft) long, while L. moorei reached 3 metres (9.8 ft) long; the largest species, L. solei, was approximately 5–6 metres (16–20 ft) long.[7][8]
See also
- List of ichthyosaurs
- Timeline of ichthyosaur research
References
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Leptonectes". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=150185.
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Leptonectes moorei". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=171229.
- ↑ Maisch MW, Matzke AT. 2000. The Ichthyosauria. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 298: 1-159
- ↑ McGowan C, Motani R. 2003. Ichthyopterygia. – In: Sues, H.-D. (ed.): Handbook of Paleoherpetology, Part 8, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 175 pp., 101 figs., 19 plts; München
- ↑ Maisch MW, Reisdorf AG. 2006. Evidence for the longest stratigraphic range of a post-Triassic Ichthyosaur: a Leptonectes tenuirostris from the Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) of Switzerland. Geobios 39: 491-505.
- ↑ Marta S. Fernández; Laura Piñuela; José Carlos García-Ramos (2018). "First report of Leptonectes (Ichthyosauria: Leptonectidae) from the Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of Asturias, northern Spain". Palaeontologia Electronica 21 (2): Article number 21.2.29A. doi:10.26879/802.
- ↑ Michael W. Maisch and Andreas T. Matzke (2000). "The Ichthyosauria". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde: Serie B 298: 1–159. http://www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/stuttgart/pdf/b_pdf/B298.pdf.
- ↑ Martin, J.E.; Vincent, P.; Suan, G.; Sharpe, T.; Hodges, P.; William, M.; Howells, C.; Fischer, V. (2015). "A Mysterious Giant Ichthyosaur from the Lowermost Jurassic of Wales". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences) 60 (4): 837–842. doi:10.4202/app.00062.2014. Supplementary Information
Wikidata ☰ Q1014904 entry
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