Leptopterygiidae
| Leptopterygiidae Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic | |
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| Eurhinosaurus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Ichthyopterygia |
| Order: | Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | Leptopterygiidae |
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Leptopterygiidae is a family containing three kinds of ichthyosaurs. 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.