Named By: | Nybelin in 1974 |
Time Period: | Early Toarcian[1] |
Location: | Germany |
Size: | Around 10 to 15 centimetres long |
Diet: | Carnivore (of small organisms) |
Fossil(s): | Multiple individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Gnathostomata | Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Pachycormiformes | |
Also known as: | | Clupea sprattiformis | |
Leptolepides is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.