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.