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Leptolepidiformes

Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes

Taxonomy
Leptolepiformes is an order.

It was corrected as Leptolepidiformes by Nelson (2006), Nelson et al. (2016), Arratia (2017).

It was assigned to Teleostei by Nelson (2006), Long (2011), Nelson et al. (2016), Arratia (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Leptolepidiformes Nelson p. 102
2011Leptolepiformes Long p. 242
2016Leptolepidiformes Nelson et al. p. 130
2017Leptolepidiformes Arratia p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderLeptolepidiformes
orderLeptolepidiformes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Fm. †Leptolepididae Owen 1859
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G. †Leptolepis Agassiz 1832
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†Leptolepis africana Gardiner 1960
†Leptolepis bahiaensis Schaeffer 1947
†Leptolepis brodiei Agassiz 1845
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Invalid names: Leptolepis nanus Egerton 1845 [synonym], Megastoma apenninum Costa 1850 [synonym], Oxygonius tenuis Agassiz 1845 [synonym], Sarginites pygmaeus Costa 1850 [synonym]
†Leptolepis caudalis Agassiz 1843
†Leptolepis concentricus Egerton 1849
†Leptolepis contractus Agassiz 1834
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Invalid names: Leptolepis affinis Sauvage 1874 [synonym], Leptolepis bronni Agassiz 1832 [objective synonym], Leptolepis constrictus Egerton 1852 [synonym], Leptolepis pachystelus Sauvage 1874 [synonym], Leptolepis pronus Sauvage 1874 [synonym]
†Leptolepis crassus Agassiz 1839
†Leptolepis disjectus Woodward 1890
†Leptolepis dubius Blainville 1818
†Leptolepis gregarius Woodward 1895
†Leptolepis jaegeri Agassiz 1832
†Leptolepis koonwarri Waldman 1971
†Leptolepis longus Agassiz 1832
†Leptolepis lowei Woodward 1895
†Leptolepis macrolepidotus Agassiz 1834
†Leptolepis macrophthalmus Egerton 1853
†Leptolepis neocomiensis Bassani 1879
†Leptolepis neumayri Bassani 1879
†Leptolepis nevadensis David 1941
†Leptolepis normandica Nybelin 1962
†Leptolepis polyspondylus Agassiz 1834
†Leptolepis saltviciensis Simpson 1884
†Leptolepis sprattiformis Blainville 1818
†Leptolepis talbragarensis Woodward 1895
†Leptolepis tenellus Agassiz 1833
†Leptolepis voithii Agassiz 1834
Invalid names: Ascalabos Münster 1839 [synonym], Megastoma Costa 1850 [synonym], Oxygonius Agassiz 1845 [synonym], Sarginites Costa 1850 [synonym], Tharsis Giebel 1848 [synonym]
G. †Longileptolepis Arratia 2003
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†Longileptolepis wiedenrothi Arratia and Thies 2001
Invalid names: Paraleptolepis Yabumoto 1994 [replaced]
G. †Lycoptera Müller 1847
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†Lycoptera davidi Sauvage 1880
†Lycoptera fuxinensis Zhang 2002
†Lycoptera middendorffi Muller 1848
†Lycoptera muroii Takai 1943
†Lycoptera sankeyushuensis Ma and Sun 1988
†Lycoptera sinensis Woodward 1901
†Lycoptera tokunagai Saito 1936
G. †Nephrotus Meyer 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 242.00000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Germany Nephrotus chorzowensis (149170)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy Leptolepis sp. (153401)
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5Japan Leptolepiformes indet. (133510)
Raricostatum196.5 - 189.6Portugal Proleptolepis sp. (127285)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0France (Ardennes) Proleptolepis sp. (149428)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Japan (Yamaguchi) Leptolepis sp. (38212)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0France Leptolepis coryphaenoides (122731 122737) Leptolepis coryphaenoides, Leptolepis autissiodorensis (122733) Leptolepis coryphaenoides, Leptolepis bronni (122732)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Italy (Lombardy) Leptolepis sp. (90436)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0France (Rhone) Leptolepis normandica (140482)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Bavaria) Leptolepis coryphaenoides (51273)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Leptolepis concentricus (153651)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Leptolepis bronni (122170)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Germany Paraleptolepis wiedenrothi (117155)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (England) Leptolepis bronni (132073) Leptolepis sp. (132646)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Luxembourg Leptolepis sp., Leptolepis normandica (148844)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France Leptolepis affinis, Leptolepis autissiodorensis (122734)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Italy Leptolepis coryphaenoides (190202)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1France Leptolepis coryphaenoides (123345 123346 123347)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany (Würtemberg) Leptolepis jaegeri, Leptolepis bronni (122171)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany Leptolepis bronni (122169 131923 131924)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1United Kingdom (England) Leptolepis saltviciensis (122167 122372 122373)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Greece Leptolepididae indet. (223814)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1United Kingdom Leptolepis bronni (132036)
Toarcian - Oxfordian182.7 - 157.3Norway (Svalbard) Leptolepis nathorsti (107003)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6Luxembourg Leptolepis sp. (141382)
Variabilis182.0 - 175.6Luxembourg Leptolepis sp. (141383 141384)
Thouarsense180.1 - 175.6Luxembourg Leptolepis sp. (141386 141389)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom Leptolepis disjectus (131844)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Basse-Normandie) Leptolepis sp. (28444)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (England) Leptolepis macrophthalmus (130656)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Antarctica Leptolepidae indet. (117161)
Oxfordian - Tithonian163.5 - 145.0Australia (New South Wales) Leptolepis talbragarensis, Leptolepis lowei, Leptolepis gregarius (29461)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Coccolepis sp. (39421)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) Tharsis sp. (59175)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Eastern Bavaria) Tharsis dubius, Tharsis sp. (187436)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Tharsis dubius (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bavaria) Tharsis dubius (132944) Tharsis sp., Ascalabos sp. (150583)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Leptolepis sp., Tharsis sp., Leptolepidae indet. (35262)
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9China (Shandong) Lycoptera sp. (47070)
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77Japan (Fukuoka) Paraleptolepis kikuchii, Paraleptolepis elegans (145244)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (Nevada) Leptolepis nevadensis (140554)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Mongolia Lycoptera middendorffi (48940)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Nei Mongol) Lycoptera kansuensis (91202) Lycoptera sp. (85296 103654)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Ascalabos voithi (28006)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Liaoning) Lycoptera davidi (73687) Lycoptera sp. (36969 50470 79521)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Hebei) Lycoptera sp. (116134)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Nei Mongol) Lycoptera davidi (68047)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0China (Hebei) Lycoptera davidi (156414)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Belgium (Sauerland) Leptolepis formosus, Leptolepis attenuatus, Leptolepis brevis (22645)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Liaoning) Lycoptera indet. (129475) Lycoptera sp. (36970 85285 118207)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Jilin) Lycoptera davidi (197339) Lycoptera sp. (196770)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Australia (Victoria) Leptolepis koonwarri (77192 140631)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Russian Federation (Transbaikal) Lycoptera middendorffii (188777)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46China (Inner Mongolia) Lycoptera sp. (193940)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Croatia Leptolepis neocomiensis, Leptolepis neumayri (123565) Leptolepis neumayri (123550 221022)