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Leptolepidae Pictet 1854

Description

Leptolepidae Pictet, 1854

Content. Leptolepis coryphaenoides (Bronn, 1830); L. normandica Nybelin, 1962; L. jaegeri Agassiz, 1832; L. saltviciensis Simpson, 1855; L. autissiodorensis Sauvage, 1892; L. woodwardi Nybelin, 1974; L. nathorsti Woodward, 1900; Proleptolepis furcata Nybelin, 1974; P. elongata Nybelin, 1974; P. megalops Nybelin, 1974; Longileptolepis wiedenrothi (Arratia & Thies, 2001).

Geographical distribution. Lower to Middle Jurassic sediments of: Spitsbergen, Svenskøja (Svalbard, Norway); Neudingen, Holzmaden, Zell, Boll (Baden-Württemberg, Germany); Dobbertin, Grimmen (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany); Salzgitter, Schandelah, Hondelage (Lower Saxony, Germany); Le Cain, Curcy (Normandie, France); Dumbleton, Gretton, Ilminster (England, Great Britain); Bergamo (Lombardy, Italy); Quebrada Vaquillas Altas, Quebrada la Carreta (Chile); Antarctic peninsula (Antarctica); Sao Pedro de Muel (Portugal) (data from Wenz 1968; Nybelin 1974; Tintori 1977; Arratia & Thies 2001; Arratia & Hikuroa 2010; Arratia 2015b; Antunes et al. 1981; this paper).

Stratigraphical distribution. Lower Jurassic, Sinemurian, Asteroceras obtusum Zone to late 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 254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/399081

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Leptolepidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Pachycormiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Pictet
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Leptolepidae Pictet, 1854 sec. Konwert & Stumpf, 2017

References

  • Pictet, F. J. (1854) Traite de Paleontologie du Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Fossiles, Second edition, Paris, pp. 727.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Arratia, G. & Thies, D. (2001) A new teleost (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii) from the Early Jurassic Posidonia shale of Northern Germany. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe, 4, 167 - 187. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1002 / mmng. 20010040111
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  • Tintori, A. (1977) Toarcian fishes from the lombardian basin. Bolletino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana, 16 (2),. 143 - 152.
  • Arratia, G. & Hikuroa, D. C. H. (2010) Jurassic fishes from the Latady Group, Antarctic Peninsula, and the oldest teleosts from Antarctica. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30 (5), 1331 - 1342. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 02724634.2010.501448
  • Arratia, G. (2015 b) Los peces osteictios fosiles de Chile y su importancia en los contextos paleobiogeografico y evolutivo. In: Rubilar-Rogers, D., Otero, R., Vargas, A. & Sallaberry, M. (Eds.), Vertebrados Fosiles de Chile. Publicacion Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile, 63, pp. 35 - 83.
  • Antunes, M. T., Rocha, R. B. & Wenz, S. (1981) Faunule ichthyologique du Lias inferieur de S. Pedro de Muel, Portugal. Ciencias da Terra (UNL), 6, 101 - 116.