Peripeltopleurus

Peripeltopleurus
Temporal range:
Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Peltopleuriformes
Family: †Wushaichthyidae
Genus: †Peripeltopleurus
Type species
†Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis
Bürgin, 1992
Other species
  • †P. besanensis Bürgin, 1992
  • †P. hypsisomus Bürgin, 1992
  • †P. jurassicus Franceschi, Marramà, Carnevale, 2026

Peripeltopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Anisian to Sinemurian ages of the Middle Triassic-Early Jurassic epoch.[1][2] Represents the only known Jurassic survivor of the order Peltopleuriformes.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ a b Franceschi, F.; Marramà, G.; Carnevale, G. (2026). "Bony fishes (Osteichthyes) from the Sinemurian (Jurassic) Osteno Konservat-Lagerstätte (Como, NW Italy)". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 132 (1): 9–58. doi:10.54103/2039-4942/29058.


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