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LEPTOLEPIS [1 record]

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Record 1 1994-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

a genus (the type of the family Leptolepidae) of primitive clupeoid fishes that includes numerous small-scaled fishes with the tail nearly homocercal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Poisson généralement de petite taille, au corps allongé, couvert de minces écailles ganoïdes, avec une nageoire caudale à lobes égaux. (Fossile dans les terrains jurassiques et infracrétacés. Type de la famille des leptolépidés.)

Spanish

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