Leptolepiformes

	Mikko's Phylogeny Archive	Teleostean Groups
	Leptolepiformes

<==o †LEPTOLEPIFORMES [paraphyletic?]
   `--o †Leptolepidae
      |?-o †Clupavus U. Jur. L. Cret. Eu. Cret. Af. NA.
      |  `-- †C. neocomiensis
      |--o †Ascalabos U. Jur. Eu.
      |  `-- †A. voithii
      |-- †Carsothrissops U. Cret. Eu. 
      |-- †Cteniolepis U. Jur. Eu. 
      |-- †Eurystichthys [Eurystethus] U. Jur. Eu. 
      |--o †Leptolepides U. Jur. Eu.
      |  `-- †L. sprattiformis
      |--o †Leptolepis [Liassolepis, Megastoma, Sarginites] U. Jur. U. Cret. Eu. NA. Jur. Spits. Aus. Jur. Cret. As. ? Jur. L.-U. Cret. SA. L.-U. Cret. Af.
      |  |-- †L. opercularis Arratia, Chang & Chong, 1975c
      |  |-- †L. knorrii
      |  `-- †L. talbragarensis
      |-- †Luisichthys U. Jur. WInd.
      |?-o †Orthogonikleithrus U. Jur. Eu.
      |  `-- †O. leichi
      |--o †Proleptolepis L. Jur. Eu.
      |  `-- †P. elongata
      |--o †Tharrias U. Cret. SA. 
      |  `-- †T. araripis
      |--o †Tharsis U. Jur. Eu.
      |  `-- †T. dubius
      `--o †Todiltia M. Jur. NA.
         `-- †T. schoewi

Reference(s):

Arratia, G., 1982: Chongichthys dentatus, new genus and species, from the Late Jurassic of Chile (Pisces: Teleostei: Chongichthyidae, new family).
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: vol. 2, #2, pp. 133-149.

Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698

Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698

Frickhinger, K. A., 1995: Fossil Atlas – Fishes.
–Mergus – Publishers for Natural History and Pet Books, Hans A. Baensch, Malle, Germany, 1-1088

Long, J. A., 1995: The Rise of Fishes: 500 million years of evolution.
–Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, pp. 1-223

Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600