Kingdom Animalia Superorder Ichthyopterygia Rank Family | Class Sauropsida Phylum Chordata Order Ichthyosaur | |
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Similar Leptonectes, Ichthyosaur, Mixosauria, Eurhinosaurus, Excalibosaurus | ||
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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Leptonectidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA