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<taxonomicName LSID="1167D749-C589-5010-A6BC-E2759322F33A" authority="Nybelin, 1962" authorityName="Nybelin" authorityYear="1962" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis normandica" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="normandica">Leptolepis normandica Nybelin, 1962</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Plate 1" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Plate 1. Otoliths of Leptolepis normandica and L. curvisulcatus. figs 1 - 15: Leptolepis normandica Nybelin, 1962; 1 - 11: From late Pliensbachian of Buttenheim, 1 - 8, 11: EPH horizon (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 3); 9: &quot; Quellhorizon &quot; (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 2); 10: Apyrenum subzone (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 1); 12: paratype of Ot. cristatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 5); 13: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 20); 14: paratype of Ot. vastus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 34); 15: holotype of Ot. vastus from Peulendorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 30). figs 15 - 19 Leptolepis curvisulcatus (Schroeder, 1956); 15: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 17); 16: holotype of Ot. curvisulcatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 42); 17: holotype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 2); 18: paratype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 47); 19: holotype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 16)." figureDoi="10.3897/zitteliana.96.81737.plate1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/671631" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Plate 1, figs 1-15</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" baseAuthorityName="Bassoli" baseAuthorityYear="1906" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus ornatus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ornatus">Otolithus ornatus</taxonomicName>
1956
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" baseAuthorityName="Bassoli" baseAuthorityYear="1906" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus ornatus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ornatus">Otolithus cf. ornatus</taxonomicName>
Weiler, 1953 -
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
: pl. 6, figs 1-3.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus opalini" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="opalini">Otolithus opalini</taxonomicName>
1956
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus opalini" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="opalini">Otolithus opalini</taxonomicName>
-
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
: pl. 6, fig. 9 (non figs 7-8).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus cristatus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cristatus">Otolithus cristatus</taxonomicName>
1956
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus cristatus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cristatus">Otolithus cristatus</taxonomicName>
-
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
: pl. 6, figs 13-14.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus vastus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vastus">Otolithus vastus</taxonomicName>
1956
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus vastus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vastus">Otolithus vastus</taxonomicName>
-
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
: pl. 7, figs 36-38.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus brevis" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brevis">Otolithus brevis</taxonomicName>
1956
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otolithus</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName family="Leptolepididae" genus="Lycopteridarum" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lycopteridarum" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="genus">Lycopteridarum</taxonomicName>
?)
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">brevis</emphasis>
- Weiler: pl. 3, figs 16-19.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus brevirostris" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brevirostris">Otolithus brevirostris</taxonomicName>
1965
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otolithus</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName family="Leptolepididae" genus="Lycoperidarum" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lycoperidarum" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="genus">Lycoperidarum</taxonomicName>
?)
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">brevirostris</emphasis>
- Weiler: pl. 3, figs 20-23.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus elegans" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">Otolithus elegans</taxonomicName>
?1965
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otolithus</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName family="Leptolepididae" genus="Lycopteridarum" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lycopteridarum" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="genus">Lycopteridarum</taxonomicName>
?)
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">elegans</emphasis>
- Weiler: pl. 3, figs 24, 25, pl. 4, fig. 26.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus similis" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="similis">Otolithus similis</taxonomicName>
1965
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otolithus</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName family="Leptolepididae" genus="Lycopteridarum" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lycopteridarum" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="genus">Lycopteridarum</taxonomicName>
?)
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">similis</emphasis>
- Weiler: pl. 2, figs 10-13, pl. 3, figs 14-15.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Nybelin" authorityYear="1962" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis normandica" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="normandica">Leptolepis normandica</taxonomicName>
1997
<taxonomicName authorityName="Nybelin" authorityYear="1962" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis normandica" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="normandica">Leptolepis normandica</taxonomicName>
Nybelin, 1962 - Delsate: figs 1-5, pl. 1, fig. 4, pl. 2, figs 5-9 (otoliths
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">in situ</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Nybelin" authorityYear="1962" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis normandica" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="normandica">Leptolepis normandica</taxonomicName>
2013
<taxonomicName authorityName="Nybelin" authorityYear="1962" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis normandica" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="normandica">Leptolepis normandica</taxonomicName>
Nybelin, 1962 - Nolf: pl. 6.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus similis" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="similis">Otolithus similis</taxonomicName>
2014
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otolithus</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName family="Leptolepididae" genus="Lycopteroidarum" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lycopteroidarum" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="genus">Lycopteroidarum</taxonomicName>
?)
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">similis</emphasis>
Weiler, 1965 - Hesse: fig. 18A-G.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus brevis" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brevis">Otolithus brevis</taxonomicName>
2014
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otolithus</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName family="Leptolepididae" genus="Lycopteroidarum" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lycopteroidarum" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="genus">Lycopteroidarum</taxonomicName>
?)
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">brevis</emphasis>
Weiler, 1965 - Hesse: fig. 19A-F.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" baseAuthorityName="Bassoli" baseAuthorityYear="1906" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus ornatus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ornatus">Otolithus ornatus</taxonomicName>
2014
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otolithus</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName family="Leptolepididae" genus="Lycopteroidarum" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lycopteroidarum" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="genus">Lycopteroidarum</taxonomicName>
?)
<taxonomicName family="Leptolepididae" genus="Lycopteroidarum" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lycopteroidarum ornatus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="ornatus">Lycopteroidarum ornatus</taxonomicName>
Weiler, 1953 - Hesse: fig. 20A-D.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otolithus</taxonomicName>
2014
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otolithus</taxonomicName>
(inc. sed.) sp. 1 - Hesse: fig. 21A-C.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otolithus</taxonomicName>
?2014
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otolithus</taxonomicName>
(inc. sed.) sp. 2 - Hesse: fig. 22A-B.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otolithus</taxonomicName>
2014
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otolithus</taxonomicName>
(inc.sed.) sp. 3 - Hesse: fig. 23A.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otolithus</taxonomicName>
2014
<taxonomicName authority="Koken, 1884" authorityName="Koken" authorityYear="1884" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Otolithus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Otolithus" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Otolithus</taxonomicName>
(inc. sed.) sp. 5 - Hesse: fig. 25A.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="genus">Leptolepis</taxonomicName>
?2014
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="genus">Leptolepis</taxonomicName>
sp. - Hesse: fig. 32 (otolith
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">in situ</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Nybelin" authorityYear="1962" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis normandica" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="normandica">Leptolepis normandica</taxonomicName>
2018
<taxonomicName authorityName="Nybelin" authorityYear="1962" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis normandica" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="normandica">Leptolepis normandica</taxonomicName>
Nybelin, 1962 - Schwarzhans: fig. 1C-H.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Nybelin" authorityYear="1962" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis normandica" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="normandica">Leptolepis normandica</taxonomicName>
2021b
<taxonomicName authorityName="Nybelin" authorityYear="1962" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis normandica" order="Leptolepidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="normandica">Leptolepis normandica</taxonomicName>
Nybelin, 1962 - Keupp: fig. 9.3 B.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="51" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<specimenCount type="generic">264 specimens</specimenCount>
:
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-01-01" collectingDateMax="2022-12-31" collectingDateMin="2022-01-01" location="Pliensbachian of Buttenheim" specimenCount="251">
<specimenCount type="generic">251 specimens</specimenCount>
from the late
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1167D749C5895010A6BCE2759322F33A:9D138D503DA86AAFFA680A3B80D23F5B" name="Pliensbachian of Buttenheim">Pliensbachian of Buttenheim</location>
</materialsCitation>
:
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-04-01" location="Plate" specimenCount="8">
<specimenCount type="generic">8 specimens</specimenCount>
<taxonomicName genus="Apyrenum" lsidName="Apyrenum" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Apyrenum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subzone (figured specimen SNSB-BSPG
<collectingDate value="2022-04-01">2022 IV 1</collectingDate>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1167D749C5895010A6BCE2759322F33A:E14701E3B7661C6859ED71B72095EA93" name="Plate">Plate</location>
<figureCitation captionStart="Plate 1" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Plate 1. Otoliths of Leptolepis normandica and L. curvisulcatus. figs 1 - 15: Leptolepis normandica Nybelin, 1962; 1 - 11: From late Pliensbachian of Buttenheim, 1 - 8, 11: EPH horizon (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 3); 9: &quot; Quellhorizon &quot; (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 2); 10: Apyrenum subzone (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 1); 12: paratype of Ot. cristatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 5); 13: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 20); 14: paratype of Ot. vastus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 34); 15: holotype of Ot. vastus from Peulendorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 30). figs 15 - 19 Leptolepis curvisulcatus (Schroeder, 1956); 15: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 17); 16: holotype of Ot. curvisulcatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 42); 17: holotype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 2); 18: paratype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 47); 19: holotype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 16)." figureDoi="10.3897/zitteliana.96.81737.plate1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/671631" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">1</figureCitation>
, fig. 10)
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-04-02" location="Plate" specimenCount="1">
<specimenCount type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Quellhorizon”">&quot;Quellhorizon&quot;</normalizedToken>
(figured specimen SNSB-BSPG
<collectingDate value="2022-04-02">2022 IV 2</collectingDate>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1167D749C5895010A6BCE2759322F33A:A5CA84A2A8C10DCB11FF78138055CE5B" name="Plate">Plate</location>
<figureCitation captionStart="Plate 1" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Plate 1. Otoliths of Leptolepis normandica and L. curvisulcatus. figs 1 - 15: Leptolepis normandica Nybelin, 1962; 1 - 11: From late Pliensbachian of Buttenheim, 1 - 8, 11: EPH horizon (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 3); 9: &quot; Quellhorizon &quot; (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 2); 10: Apyrenum subzone (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 1); 12: paratype of Ot. cristatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 5); 13: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 20); 14: paratype of Ot. vastus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 34); 15: holotype of Ot. vastus from Peulendorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 30). figs 15 - 19 Leptolepis curvisulcatus (Schroeder, 1956); 15: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 17); 16: holotype of Ot. curvisulcatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 42); 17: holotype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 2); 18: paratype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 47); 19: holotype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 16)." figureDoi="10.3897/zitteliana.96.81737.plate1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/671631" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">1</figureCitation>
, fig. 9)
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-04-03" location="Plate" specimenCount="242">
<specimenCount type="generic">242 specimens</specimenCount>
<taxonomicName genus="Hawkerense" lsidName="Hawkerense" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Hawkerense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subzone (figured specimen SNSB-BSPG
<collectingDate value="2022-04-03">2022 IV 3</collectingDate>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1167D749C5895010A6BCE2759322F33A:0A3E8726FC466CD7BA31B06C28E4A7B1" name="Plate">Plate</location>
<figureCitation captionStart="Plate 1" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Plate 1. Otoliths of Leptolepis normandica and L. curvisulcatus. figs 1 - 15: Leptolepis normandica Nybelin, 1962; 1 - 11: From late Pliensbachian of Buttenheim, 1 - 8, 11: EPH horizon (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 3); 9: &quot; Quellhorizon &quot; (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 2); 10: Apyrenum subzone (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 1); 12: paratype of Ot. cristatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 5); 13: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 20); 14: paratype of Ot. vastus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 34); 15: holotype of Ot. vastus from Peulendorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 30). figs 15 - 19 Leptolepis curvisulcatus (Schroeder, 1956); 15: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 17); 16: holotype of Ot. curvisulcatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 42); 17: holotype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 2); 18: paratype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 47); 19: holotype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 16)." figureDoi="10.3897/zitteliana.96.81737.plate1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/671631" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">1</figureCitation>
, figs 1-8, 11)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-03-05" collectorName="Schroeder's, Toarcian, Aalenian" location="Kremmeldorf" municipality="Plate" specimenCount="13" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount type="generic">13 specimens</specimenCount>
from
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröders">
<collectorName>Schroeder's</collectorName>
</normalizedToken>
collection from the late
<collectorName>Toarcian</collectorName>
to early
<collectorName>Aalenian</collectorName>
:
<typeStatus>paratype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName genus="Ot." lsidName="Ot. cristatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="cristatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Ot. cristatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1167D749C5895010A6BCE2759322F33A:8210237019F76CA4BF7489DE7DA153FC" municipality="Plate" name="Kremmeldorf">Kremmeldorf</location>
(SNSB-BSPG
<collectingDate value="2022-03-05">2022 III 5</collectingDate>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Plate</collectingMunicipality>
<figureCitation captionStart="Plate 1" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Plate 1. Otoliths of Leptolepis normandica and L. curvisulcatus. figs 1 - 15: Leptolepis normandica Nybelin, 1962; 1 - 11: From late Pliensbachian of Buttenheim, 1 - 8, 11: EPH horizon (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 3); 9: &quot; Quellhorizon &quot; (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 2); 10: Apyrenum subzone (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 1); 12: paratype of Ot. cristatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 5); 13: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 20); 14: paratype of Ot. vastus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 34); 15: holotype of Ot. vastus from Peulendorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 30). figs 15 - 19 Leptolepis curvisulcatus (Schroeder, 1956); 15: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 17); 16: holotype of Ot. curvisulcatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 42); 17: holotype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 2); 18: paratype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 47); 19: holotype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 16)." figureDoi="10.3897/zitteliana.96.81737.plate1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/671631" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">1</figureCitation>
, fig. 12)
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-03-11" collectingDateMax="2022-03-13" collectingDateMin="2022-03-11" collectorName="Kremmeldorf" location="Peulendorf" specimenCount="4" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount type="generic">4 specimens</specimenCount>
designated as
<taxonomicName genus="Ot." lsidName="Ot. ornatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="ornatus">Ot. cf. ornatus</taxonomicName>
with 3 from
<collectorName>Kremmeldorf</collectorName>
and 1 from
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1167D749C5895010A6BCE2759322F33A:0C70A8396AA8B338A4C6F608AC212A31" name="Peulendorf">Peulendorf</location>
(SNSB-BSPG
<collectingDate value="2022-03-11" valueMax="2022-03-13" valueMin="2022-03-11">2022 III 11-13</collectingDate>
)
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-03-20" collectingDateMax="2022-03-30" collectingDateMin="2022-03-20" collectorName="Kremmeldorf, Plate" location="Peulendorf" municipality="Plate" specimenCount="3" typeStatus="holotype">
<specimenCount type="generic" typeStatus="paratypes">3 paratypes</specimenCount>
of
<taxonomicName genus="Ot." lsidName="Ot. opalini" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="opalini">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Ot. opalini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectorName>Kremmeldorf</collectorName>
(SNSB-BSPG
<collectingDate value="2022-03-20" valueMax="2022-03-22" valueMin="2022-03-20">2022 III 20-22</collectingDate>
,
<collectorName>Plate</collectorName>
<figureCitation captionStart="Plate 1" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Plate 1. Otoliths of Leptolepis normandica and L. curvisulcatus. figs 1 - 15: Leptolepis normandica Nybelin, 1962; 1 - 11: From late Pliensbachian of Buttenheim, 1 - 8, 11: EPH horizon (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 3); 9: &quot; Quellhorizon &quot; (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 2); 10: Apyrenum subzone (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 1); 12: paratype of Ot. cristatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 5); 13: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 20); 14: paratype of Ot. vastus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 34); 15: holotype of Ot. vastus from Peulendorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 30). figs 15 - 19 Leptolepis curvisulcatus (Schroeder, 1956); 15: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 17); 16: holotype of Ot. curvisulcatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 42); 17: holotype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 2); 18: paratype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 47); 19: holotype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 16)." figureDoi="10.3897/zitteliana.96.81737.plate1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/671631" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">1</figureCitation>
, fig. 13),
<typeStatus>holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName genus="Ot." lsidName="Ot. vastus" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="vastus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Ot. vastus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1167D749C5895010A6BCE2759322F33A:7A813EDA2C2B19FCA7803723DAA038A5" municipality="Plate" name="Peulendorf">Peulendorf</location>
(SNSB-BSPG
<collectingDate value="2022-03-30">2022 III 30</collectingDate>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Plate</collectingMunicipality>
<figureCitation captionStart="Plate 1" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Plate 1. Otoliths of Leptolepis normandica and L. curvisulcatus. figs 1 - 15: Leptolepis normandica Nybelin, 1962; 1 - 11: From late Pliensbachian of Buttenheim, 1 - 8, 11: EPH horizon (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 3); 9: &quot; Quellhorizon &quot; (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 2); 10: Apyrenum subzone (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 1); 12: paratype of Ot. cristatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 5); 13: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 20); 14: paratype of Ot. vastus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 34); 15: holotype of Ot. vastus from Peulendorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 30). figs 15 - 19 Leptolepis curvisulcatus (Schroeder, 1956); 15: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 17); 16: holotype of Ot. curvisulcatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 42); 17: holotype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 2); 18: paratype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 47); 19: holotype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 16)." figureDoi="10.3897/zitteliana.96.81737.plate1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/671631" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">1</figureCitation>
, fig. 15)
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-03-31" collectorName="Kremmelsdorf" location="Plate" specimenCount="4" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount type="generic" typeStatus="paratypes">4 paratypes</specimenCount>
of
<taxonomicName genus="Ot." lsidName="Ot. vastus" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="vastus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Ot. vastus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectorName>Kremmelsdorf</collectorName>
(SNSB-BSPG
<collectingDate value="2022-03-31">2022 III 31</collectingDate>
-34,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1167D749C5895010A6BCE2759322F33A:1CF726805E1793D013753198D84A5F6C" name="Plate">Plate</location>
<figureCitation captionStart="Plate 1" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Plate 1. Otoliths of Leptolepis normandica and L. curvisulcatus. figs 1 - 15: Leptolepis normandica Nybelin, 1962; 1 - 11: From late Pliensbachian of Buttenheim, 1 - 8, 11: EPH horizon (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 3); 9: &quot; Quellhorizon &quot; (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 2); 10: Apyrenum subzone (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 1); 12: paratype of Ot. cristatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 5); 13: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 20); 14: paratype of Ot. vastus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 34); 15: holotype of Ot. vastus from Peulendorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 30). figs 15 - 19 Leptolepis curvisulcatus (Schroeder, 1956); 15: paratype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 17); 16: holotype of Ot. curvisulcatus Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 42); 17: holotype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 2); 18: paratype of Ot. schattenbergi Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 47); 19: holotype of Ot. opalini Schroeder, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 16)." figureDoi="10.3897/zitteliana.96.81737.plate1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/671631" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">1</figureCitation>
, fig. 14)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="51" type="differential diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
Otoliths of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Nybelin" authorityYear="1962" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis normandica" order="Elopiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="normandica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Leptolepis normandica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are more compressed than other coeval species of
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis" order="Elopiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Leptolepis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with an OL:OH ratio of 1.25-1.45 (vs.&gt;.1.5), but less compressed than that of
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" genus="L." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. steberae" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="steberae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">L. steberae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (1.1-1.25). The rostrum is shorter than that of
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" genus="L." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. buttenheimensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="buttenheimensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">L. buttenheimensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. ranging from about 30 to 36% of OL (vs. 37-45%), but longer that those of
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" genus="L." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. steberae" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="steberae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">L. steberae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (12-25%). The short postdorsal rim is higher than that of
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" genus="L." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. curvisulcatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="curvisulcatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">L. curvisulcatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" genus="L." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. kremmeldorfensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kremmeldorfensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">L. kremmeldorfensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and longer than that of
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" genus="L." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. kremmeldorfensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kremmeldorfensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">L. kremmeldorfensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The ostium tends to be wider in
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" genus="L." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. normandica" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="normandica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">L. normandica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than in coeval
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis" order="Elopiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Leptolepis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species except of
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" genus="L." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. steberae" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="steberae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">L. steberae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (OsH:CaH = 1.5-2.2 vs 1.25-1.6).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="51" type="discussion">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Discussion.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Nybelin" authorityYear="1962" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis normandica" order="Elopiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="normandica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Leptolepis normandica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the most common otolith-based species so far recognized in the Early Jurassic and the early Middle Jurassic (Pliensbachian to Aalenian). Its distinction from coeval species is not always easy to determine, particularly regarding
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" genus="L." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. curvisulcatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="curvisulcatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">L. curvisulcatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and transitional forms exist. The type specimens of the synonymized species of Weiler (
<bibRefCitation author="Martin, GPR" journalOrPublisher="Senckenbergeana lethaea" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" pagination="35 - 71" refId="B23" refString="Martin, GPR, Weiler, W, 1965. Neue Untersuchungen an Fisch-Otolithen aus dem aelteren Jura NW-Deutschlands. Senckenbergeana lethaea 46: 35 - 71" title="Neue Untersuchungen an Fisch-Otolithen aus dem aelteren Jura NW-Deutschlands." volume="46" year="1965">1965</bibRefCitation>
) and
<bibRefCitation author="Schroeder, G" journalOrPublisher="Geologische Blaetter fuer Nordost-Bayern und angrenzende Gebiete" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" pagination="128 - 153" refId="B29" refString="Schroeder, G, 1956. Otolithen aus dem Lias und Dogger des Fraenkischen Jura. Geologische Blaetter fuer Nordost-Bayern und angrenzende Gebiete 6: 128 - 153" title="Otolithen aus dem Lias und Dogger des Fraenkischen Jura." volume="6" year="1956">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
(1956)
</bibRefCitation>
are mostly small and sometimes not very well-preserved; nevertheless, they bear the pertinent diagnostic characteristics. The specimens of this species exhibit a considerable variability, which may have led Weiler and
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
to establish many species that can no longer be maintained after review. The variability encompasses primarily the shape of the postdorsal rim, width of the cauda and to a lesser degree its curvature, and ornamentation of the rims. Due to the large degree of variability, we have figured many specimens from Buttenheim in comparison to selected refigured specimens of
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
. The largest specimen from Buttenheim is 2.85 mm in length; the largest specimen from
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröders">Schroeder's</normalizedToken>
collection is 2.4 mm. Otoliths attributable to
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" genus="L." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. normandica" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="normandica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">L. normandica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been found in Pliensbachian to Aalenian strata in Belgium (
<bibRefCitation author="Nolf, D" journalOrPublisher="Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" refId="B26" refString="Nolf, D, 2013. The Diversity of Fish Otoliths, Past and Present. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels" title="The Diversity of Fish Otoliths, Past and Present." year="2013">Nolf 2013</bibRefCitation>
), Luxemburg (
<bibRefCitation author="Delsate, D" journalOrPublisher="Travaux scientifiques du Musee national d'Histoire naturelle de Luxembourg," pageId="0" pageNumber="51" pagination="105 - 129" refId="B6" refString="Delsate, D, 1997. Actinopterygiens du Toarcien inferieur du Grande Duchee de Luxembourg: presence de Leptolepis normandica Nybelin 1962 (Teleosteens) avec otolithes in situ. Travaux scientifiques du Musee national d'Histoire naturelle de Luxembourg, 27: 105 - 129" title="Actinopterygiens du Toarcien inferieur du Grande Duchee de Luxembourg: presence de Leptolepis normandica Nybelin 1962 (Teleosteens) avec otolithes in situ." volume="27" year="1997">Delsate 1997</bibRefCitation>
), England, and Germany.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zitteliana.96.81737.plate1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/671631" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" start="Plate 1" startId="F3">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Plate 1.</emphasis>
Otoliths of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Leptolepis normandica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" genus="L." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. curvisulcatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="curvisulcatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">L. curvisulcatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">figs 1-15</emphasis>
:
<taxonomicName authorityName="Nybelin" authorityYear="1962" class="Actinopterygii" family="Leptolepididae" genus="Leptolepis" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptolepis normandica" order="Elopiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="normandica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Leptolepis normandica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Nybelin, 1962;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">1-11</emphasis>
: From late Pliensbachian of Buttenheim,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">1-8, 11</emphasis>
: EPH horizon (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 3);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">9</emphasis>
:
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Quellhorizon”">&quot;Quellhorizon&quot;</normalizedToken>
(SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 2);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">10</emphasis>
:
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Apyrenum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subzone (SNSB-BSPG 2022 IV 1);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">12</emphasis>
: paratype of
<taxonomicName genus="Ot." lsidName="Ot. cristatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="cristatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Ot. cristatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 5);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">13</emphasis>
: paratype of
<taxonomicName genus="Ot." lsidName="Ot. opalini" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="opalini">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Ot. opalini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 20);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">14</emphasis>
: paratype of
<taxonomicName genus="Ot." lsidName="Ot. vastus" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="vastus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Ot. vastus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 34);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">15</emphasis>
: holotype of
<taxonomicName genus="Ot." lsidName="Ot. vastus" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="vastus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Ot. vastus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Peulendorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 30).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">figs 15-19</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Leptolepis curvisulcatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
, 1956);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">15</emphasis>
: paratype of
<taxonomicName genus="Ot." lsidName="Ot. opalini" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="opalini">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Ot. opalini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 17);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">16</emphasis>
: holotype of
<taxonomicName genus="Ot." lsidName="Ot. curvisulcatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="curvisulcatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Ot. curvisulcatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 42);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">17</emphasis>
: holotype of
<taxonomicName genus="Ot." lsidName="Ot. schattenbergi" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="schattenbergi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Ot. schattenbergi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 2);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">18</emphasis>
: paratype of
<taxonomicName genus="Ot." lsidName="Ot. schattenbergi" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="schattenbergi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Ot. schattenbergi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
, 1956 from Kremmelsdorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 47);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">19</emphasis>
: holotype of
<taxonomicName genus="Ot." lsidName="Ot. opalini" pageId="0" pageNumber="51" rank="species" species="opalini">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Ot. opalini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Schröder">Schroeder</normalizedToken>
, 1956 from Kremmeldorf (SNSB-BSPG 2022 III 16).
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