Leptonectidae

Leptonectidae
Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic
Eurhinosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Ichthyopterygia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Leptonectidae
Genera

Eurhinosaurus
Excalibosaurus
Leptonectes
Wahlisaurus

Leptonectidae is a family of ichthyosaurs known from 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

  1. ↑ McGowan and Motani, 2003. Handbook of Paleoherpetology: Ichthyopterygia, Part 8. 175 pp.
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