Leptolepidae

Leptolepidae
Temporal range: Sinemurian–Callovian
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]

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]

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