Leptonectidae
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Leptonectidae Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic |
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| Eurhinosaurus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Ichthyopterygia |
| Order: | Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | Leptonectidae |
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Eurhinosaurus
Excalibosaurus
Leptonectes
Wahlisaurus
Leptonectidae is a family of ichthyosaurs known from 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.
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