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Longileptolepis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)240624https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=240624
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Leptolepidiformes : Leptolepididae : Longileptolepis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
orderLeptolepidiformes
familyLeptolepididaeNicholson and Lydekker 1889
genusLongileptolepisArratia 2003
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Longileptolepisgenusbelongs to Teleosteistated with evidenceArratia, 2003
Longileptolepisgenusbelongs to Leptolepididaestated with evidenceArratia, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance145 - 130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Leptolepididae)
Dietcarnivore (based on Leptolepididae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. Arratia. 2003. Leptolepis, Paraleptolepis (Teleosti) and a New Fish Name. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 6:157-159

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Longileptolepis wiedenrothi
species
listed (PBDB)1183 Ma
Early Jurassic
183 Ma
Early Jurassic
Paraleptolepis elegans
species
listed (PBDB)1145 Ma
Late Jurassic
145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Paraleptolepis kikuchii
species
listed (PBDB)1145 Ma
Late Jurassic
145 Ma
Late Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1994Paraleptolepis Yabumoto
2001Paraleptolepis Arratia and Thies p. 169
2003Longileptolepis Arratia p. 158
2017Longileptolepis Arratia p. 23

References

Arratia G. (2003) Leptolepis, Paraleptolepis (Teleosti) and a New Fish Name, Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 6, 157-159
Yabumoto Y. (1994) Early Cretaceous freshwater fish fauna in Kyushu, Japan, Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 13, 107-254
Arratia G., Thies D. (2001) A new teleost (Ostichthyes, Actinopterygii) from the Early Jurassic Posidonia shale of Northern Germany, Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 4, 167-187
Arratia G. (2017) New Triassic teleosts (Actinopterygii, Teleosteomorpha) from northern Italy and their phylogenetic relationships among the most basal teleosts, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37, e1312690
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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