Leptonectes

Leptonectes; Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic, Rhaetian–Pliensbachian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Leptonectes tenuirostris skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Ichthyosauria
Family:	†Leptonectidae
Genus:	†Leptonectes
Species
	L. moorei (McGowan, 1978); L. solei (McGowan, 1993); L. tenuirostris (Conybeare, 1822) (type species);
Synonyms
	Leptopterygius Huene, 1929

Leptonectes tenuirostris front paddle at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen

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.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

References

^ Maisch MW, Matzke AT. 2000. The Ichthyosauria. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 298: 1-159
^ McGowan C, Motani R. 2003. Ichthyopterygia. – In: Sues, H.-D. (ed.): Handbook of Paleoherpetology, Part 8, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, 175 pp., 101 figs., 19 plts; München
^ Maisch MW, Reisdorf AG. 2006. Evidence for the longest stratigraphic range of a post-Triassic Ichthyosaur: a Leptonectes tenuirostris from the Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) of Switzerland. Geobios 39: 491-505.

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