Leptolepis

Leptolepis
Temporal range: Pliensbachian–Callovian
Fossil specimen, National Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Leptolepiformes
Family: †Leptolepidae
Genus: †Leptolepis
Agassiz, 1843
Type species
Cyprinus coryphaenoides
Bronn, 1830

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 (Germany, Luxembourg, France, England, Italy and maybe Greece)[2][3][4][5] and North of Africa (Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco) during the Jurassic period (Pliensbachian–Callovian ages).[6][7][8]

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  3. ^ Delsate, D. (1999). "L'Ichthyofaune du Toarcien luxembourgeois" (PDF). Musée national d'histoire naturelle.
  4. ^ Tintori, A. (1977). "Toarcian fishes from the Lombardian basin". Bolletino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 16 (4): 143–152. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. ^ Argyriou, Thodoris (2021-12-08), "The Fossil Record of Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii) in Greece", Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 1, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 91–142, ISBN 978-3-030-68397-9, retrieved 2024-09-17
  6. ^ Gaudant, J.; Rakus, M.; Stranik, Z. (1972). "Leptolepis (Poisson teleosteen) dans le Toarcien de la Dorsale tunisienne". Notes du Service gdologique de Tunisie. 38 (1): 5–20.
  7. ^ Ettaki, Mohammed; Chellaï, El Hassane (2005-06-13). "Le Toarcien inférieur du Haut Atlas de Todrha–Dadès (Maroc) : sédimentologie et lithostratigraphie". Comptes Rendus. Géoscience. 337 (9): 814–823. doi:10.1016/j.crte.2005.04.007. ISSN 1778-7025.
  8. ^ Murray, A.M. (2000). "The Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic fishes of Africa". Fish and Fisheries. 1 (2): 111–145. doi:10.1046/j.1467-2979.2000.00015.x. ISSN 1467-2960.