Leptonectes

Leptonectes is a genus of ichthyosaur that lived in the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic (Rhaetian - Pliensbachian). Fossils have been found in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and the United Kingdom.[3][4][5][6]

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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Ichthyosauria
Family:	†Leptonectidae
Genus:	†Leptonectes McGowan, 1996[1]
Species
L. moorei McGowan and Milner, 1999[2] L. solei (McGowan, 1993) L. tenuirostris (Conybeare, 1822) (type species)
Synonyms
Leptopterygius Huene, 1929

L. tenuirostris, Royal Ontario Museum

Leptonectes tenuirostris front paddle at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen

See also

• List of ichthyosaurs
• Timeline of ichthyosaur research

References

1. http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=150185
2. http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=171229
3. Maisch MW, Matzke AT. 2000. The Ichthyosauria. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 298: 1-159
4. 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
5. 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.
6. Marta S. Fernández; Laura Piñuela; José Carlos García-Ramos (2018). "First report of Leptonectes (Ichthyosauria: Leptonectidae) from the Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of Asturias, northern Spain". Palaeontologia Electronica. 21 (2): Article number 21.2.29A. doi:10.26879/802.