Leptonectidae
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| Leptonectidae Temporal range: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic
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Leptonectidae is a family containing three kinds of ichthyosaurs. 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]
References
- ↑ McGowan and Motani, 2003. Handbook of Paleoherpetology: Ichthyopterygia, Part 8. 175 pp.
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