Leptolepides
{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}
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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Tithonian}}
| image = Leptolepides sprattiformes.jpg
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| taxon = Leptolepides
| authority = Nybelin, 1974
| type_species = Leptolepides sprattiformis
| type_species_authority = Blainville, 1818
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = * Leptolepides sprattiformis Blainville, 1818
- Leptolepides haerteisi Arratia, 1997
| synonyms = *Clupea sprattiformis Blainville, 1818
}}
File:Aspidorhynchus and Leptolepides.jpg]]
Leptolepides is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.{{cite journal|last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |year=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |accessdate=2009-02-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |archivedate=2011-07-23 }}
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External links
- {{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35232 |title=Pachycormiformes|publisher=Paleobiology Database|access-date=November 11, 2012}}
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Category:Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Category:Jurassic fish of Asia
Category:Jurassic fish of Europe
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