Leptonectes Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic, Rhaetian–Pliensbachian |
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Leptonectes tenuirostris skeleton | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Order: | Ichthyosauria |
Family: | Leptonectidae |
Genus: | Leptonectes |
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Synonyms | |
Leptopterygius Huene, 1929 |
Leptopterygius Huene, 1929
Leptonectes is a genus of ichthyosaur that lived in the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic (Rhaetian - Pliensbachian). Fossils have been found in Belgium, England, Germany, and Switzerland.