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Leptonectes Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic, Rhaetian–Pliensbachian |
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| Leptonectes tenuirostris skeleton | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | Leptonectidae |
| Genus: | Leptonectes |
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Leptopterygius Huene, 1929 |
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Leptopterygius Huene, 1929
Leptonectes is a genus of ichthyosaur that lived in the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic (Rhaetian - Pliensbachian). Fossils have been found in Belgium, England, Germany, and Switzerland.