Fish
Leedsichthys
It filtered small organisms from the water with specialized gill structures.
Leedsichthys was gigantic and obtained food by filtering small organisms from the water.
Three stages. One companion.
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Leedsichthys at a glance
- Diet
- Filter feeder
- It obtained small organisms from the water using structures on its gills. Enormous size does not necessarily imply predation on large animals.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Pachycormidae
- Pachycormids
- Fossil locations
- Argentina, Chile, France, Germany
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Leedsichthys
It was one of the largest known fish and the largest ray-finned fish identified. Its name honors the collector Alfred Nicholson Leeds, whose findings helped describe it in the 19th century.
Specialized structures in its gills filtered tiny organisms from the water. Its great size did not depend on catching enormous prey. It followed a very different feeding strategy from the large marine predators.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
It obtained small organisms from the water using structures on its gills. Enormous size does not necessarily imply predation on large animals.
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- Leedsichthys problematicus
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- Leedsichthys
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- Pachycormidae
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- Ray-finned fish
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