Leptonectidae
| Leptonectidae Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic | |
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| Eurhinosaurus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Ichthyopterygia |
| Order: | Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | Leptonectidae |
| Genera | |
Leptonectidae is a family of ichthyosaurs known from Early Jurassic marine deposits in Europe. They were all small to medium-sized creatures, most noted for their very long, swordfish-like snouts, which could have been used like a weapon, slashing through schools of fish.[1]
References
- ↑ McGowan and Motani, 2003. Handbook of Paleoherpetology: Ichthyopterygia, Part 8. 175 pp.
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