Leptolepidae

Leptolepidae

Taxobox
name = Leptolepidae
status = fossil



image_caption = "Leptolepis koonwarriensis"
fossil_range = Mid Triassic to Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Pachycormiformes
familia = Leptolepidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* "Aethalion"
* "Leptolepis" (type genus)
* "Varasichthys"
* "Megastoma"
* "Sarginites"
* "Pachythrissops"
* ?"Thrissops"

Family Leptolepidae ("Delicate Scales") is a family of herring-like Mesozoic teleosts found throughout the world. They were among the first teleosts to have fully ossified vertebrae.


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