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Leptolepis Agassiz 1832

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Leptolepis Agassiz, 1832

Type species. Leptolepis coryphaenoides (Bronn, 1830).

Content. L. coryphaenoides (Bronn, 1830); L. normandica Nybelin, 1962; L. jaegeri Agassiz, 1832; L. autissiodorensis Sauvage, 1892; L. saltviciensis Simpson, 1855; L. woodwardi Nybelin, 1974, L. nathorsti Woodward, 1900.

Geographical distribution. Lower to Middle Jurassic sediments of: Spitsbergen, Svenskøja (Svalbard, Norway); Neudingen, Dormettingen, Holzmaden, Zell, Boll (Baden-Württemberg, Germany); Dobbertin, Grimmen (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany); Salzgitter, Schandelah, Hondelage (Lower Saxony, Germany); Le Cain, Curcy (Normandy, France), Dumbleton, Gretton, Ilminster (England, Great Britain); Bergamo (Lombardy, Italy) (data from Wenz 1968; Nybelin 1974; Tintori 1977; this paper).

Stratigraphical distribution. Lower Jurassic, lower Toarcian to Middle Jurassic, Callovian.

Notes

Published as part of Konwert, Martin & Stumpf, Sebastian, 2017, Exceptionally preserved Leptolepidae (Actinopterygii, Teleostei) from the late Early Jurassic Fossil-Lagerstätten of Grimmen and Dobbertin (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany), pp. 249-296 in Zootaxa 4243 (2) on page 257, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/399081

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Biodiversity

Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Leptolepis
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Poales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Agassiz
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Leptolepis Agassiz, 1832 sec. Konwert & Stumpf, 2017

References

  • Agassiz, L. (1832) Untersuchungen uber die fossilen Fische der Lias-Formation-Aus einem Briefe des Vfs. an Professor Bronn. Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde, 3, 139 - 149.
  • Bronn, H. (1830) Ueber zwei fossile Fischarten: Cyprinus coryphaenoides und Tetragonilepis semicinctus aus dem Gryphitenkalke bei Donau-Eschingen. Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde, 1, 14 - 30.
  • Nybelin, O. (1962) Preliminary note on two species previously named Leptolepis bronni Agassiz. Arkiv for Zoologi, Band 15, 18, 303 - 306.
  • Sauvage, M. H. - E. (1892) Recherches sur les Poissons du Lias superieur de L´Yonne Zone a Ciment de Vassy. Societe d´Histoire Naturelle d´Autun, 15, 387 - 399.
  • Simpson, M. (1855) The fossils of the Yorkshire Lias described from nature, with a carefully section of the strata, and intended as a guide to strangers. Whittaker, London, pp. 149.
  • Nybelin, O. (1974) A Revision of the Leptolepid fishes. Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis Zoologica, 9, 1 - 202.
  • Woodward, A. S. (1900) Notes on Fossil Fish-Remains collected in Spitzbergen by the Swedish Arctic Expedition 1898, Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 25 (5), 1 - 7.
  • Wenz, S. (1968) Complements a l'etude des poissons actinopterygiens du Jurassique francais. Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 15, 1 - 276.
  • Tintori, A. (1977) Toarcian fishes from the lombardian basin. Bolletino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana, 16 (2),. 143 - 152.