Leptolepides Temporal range:
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | †Orthogonikleithridae |
Genus: | †Leptolepides Nybelin, 1974 |
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Leptolepides sprattiformis Blainville, 1818
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Leptolepides is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.[1]