Leptolepis
Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leptolepis (from Greek: λεπτός leptós, 'slight' and Greek: λεπίς lepis 'scale')[1] is an extinct genus of stem-teleost fish that lived in what is now Europe during the Jurassic period (Toarcian–Callovian ages).[2]
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Leptolepis | |
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Fossil of L. coryphaenoides | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Leptolepiformes |
Family: | †Leptolepidae |
Genus: | †Leptolepis Agassiz, 1843 |
Type species | |
Cyprinus coryphaenoides Bronn, 1830 |
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