Leptolepides
Extinct genus of fishes
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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]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | †Orthogonikleithridae |
| Genus: | †Leptolepides Nybelin, 1974 |
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| Leptolepides sprattiformis Blainville, 1818 | |
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