Leptonectidae is a family of ichthyosaurs known from Late Triassic to 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]
leptonectidae, family, ichthyosaurs, known, from, late, triassic, early, jurassic, marine, deposits, europe, they, were, small, medium, sized, creatures, most, noted, their, very, long, swordfish, like, snouts, which, could, have, been, used, like, weapon, sla. Leptonectidae is a family of ichthyosaurs known from Late Triassic to 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 LeptonectidsTemporal range Late Triassic Early Jurassic Eurhinosaurus Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Ichthyosauria Node Neoichthyosauria Family Leptonectidae Genera Eurhinosaurus Excalibosaurus Leptonectes Wahlisaurus Paleontology portalReferences edit McGowan and Motani 2003 Handbook of Paleoherpetology Ichthyopterygia Part 8 175 pp nbsp This Ichthyosaur related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leptonectidae amp oldid 1083309448, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
