Leptonectidae
| Leptonectids Temporal range: Late Triassic–Early Jurassic,
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| Skeleton of Leptonectes tenuirostris | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Node: | †Neoichthyosauria |
| Family: | †Leptonectidae Maisch, 1998 |
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Leptonectidae is a family of ichthyosaurs known from Late Triassic to 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.