Leptolepis Agassiz, 1832

Konwert, Martin & Stumpf, Sebastian, 2017, Exceptionally preserved Leptolepidae (Actinopterygii, Teleostei) from the late Early Jurassic Fossil-Lagerstätten of Grimmen and Dobbertin (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany), Zootaxa 4243 (2), pp. 249-296 : 257

Leptolepis Agassiz, 1832

Type species. Leptolepis coryphaenoides ( Bronn, 1830) .

Content. L. coryphaenoides ( Bronn, 1830) ; L. normandica Nybelin, 1962 ; L. jaegeri Agassiz, 1832 ; L. autissiodorensis Sauvage, 1892 ; L. saltviciensis Simpson, 1855 ; L. woodwardi Nybelin, 1974 , L. nathorsti Woodward, 1900 .

Geographical distribution. Lower to Middle Jurassic sediments of: Spitsbergen, Svenskøja (Svalbard, Norway); Neudingen, Dormettingen, Holzmaden, Zell, Boll (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) ; Dobbertin, Grimmen (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany) ; Salzgitter, Schandelah, Hondelage (Lower Saxony, Germany) ; Le Cain, Curcy (Normandy, France), Dumbleton, Gretton, Ilminster (England, Great Britain); Bergamo (Lombardy, Italy) (data from Wenz 1968; Nybelin 1974; Tintori 1977; this paper).

Stratigraphical distribution. Lower Jurassic, lower Toarcian to Middle Jurassic, Callovian.