Leptonectidae
Leptonectids Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic
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Eurhinosaurus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
Node: | †Neoichthyosauria |
Family: | †Leptonectidae |
Genera | |
Leptonectidae is a family of ichthyosaurs known from Late Triassic to 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.
Categories:
- Late Triassic ichthyosaurs
- Late Triassic first appearances
- Early Jurassic extinctions
- Prehistoric reptile families
- Ichthyosaur stubs