Leptonectidae
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Extinct family of reptiles
| Leptonectids Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic
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| Eurhinosaurus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
[edit ]- ^ McGowan and Motani, 2003. Handbook of Paleoherpetology: Ichthyopterygia, Part 8. 175 pp.
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