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Extinct family of ray-finned fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Leptolepidae Temporal range: | |
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Fossil of Leptolepis coryphaenoides | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Leptolepiformes |
Family: | †Leptolepidae Nicholson & Lydekker, 1889 |
Genera[1][2] | |
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