Leptolepidae

Extinct family of ray-finned fishes

Leptolepidae
Temporal range: Sinemurian–Callovian
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Fossil of Leptolepis coryphaenoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Leptolepiformes
Family: Leptolepidae
Nicholson & Lydekker, 1889
Genera[1][2]
  • Leptolepis (type genus)
  • Longileptolepis
  • Proleptolepis

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. ^ a b 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. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30.1331A. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.501448. S2CID 128431094.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Nelson, J. S.; Grande, T. C.; Wilson, M. V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.
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Teleostei sensu de Pinna, 1996 (= Teleosteomorpha)
Actinopterygii
    • see Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
    • see Neopterygii
Teleostei
    • see below↓
Pachycormidae
Aspidorhynchidae
Pholidophoridae
sensu stricto
Archaeomaenidae
Siyuichthyidae
  • Bogdaichthys
  • Dsungarichthys
  • Manasichthys
  • Siyuichthys
  • Wukangia
Pleuropholidae
Ankylophoridae
Catervariolidae
Teleosts with
cycloid scales
    • see below↓
Otolith taxa
  • Archengraulis
  • Bicavolithus
  • Doggerichthys
  • Sphaeronchus
  • Xenoleptolepis
Leedsichthys problematicus

Aspidorhynchus acutirostris

Ichthyokentema purbeckensis
Leptolepidae
Luisiellidae
Ascalaboidae
Crossognathiformes
Varasichthyidae?
Notelopidae
  • Bavarichthys?
  • Michin?
  • Notelops
  • Nusaviichthys
Crossognathidae
Pachyrhizodontidae
Ichthyodectiformes
Chuhsiungichthyidae
Bardackichthyidae
Cladocyclidae
Ichthyodectidae
Saurodontidae
Crown-Teleostei
    • see below↓
Tharsis dubius

Luisichthys vinalesensis

Xiphactinus audax
Elopomorpha
    • see Elopomorpha
Orthogonikleithridae
Osteoglossomorpha
    • see Osteoglossomorpha
Tselfatiiformes
  • Eoplethodus
Protobramidae
Plethodidae
Clupeocephala
Pentanogmius evolutus
Taxon identifiers
Leptolepidae


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