Peripeltopleurus

Peripeltopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Anisian and Ladinian ages of the Middle Triassic epoch.[1]

Peripeltopleurus
Temporal range:
Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Subclass:
incertae sedis
Order:
†Peltopleuriformes
Family:
†Wushaichthyidae[2]
Genus:
†Peripeltopleurus
Binomial name
†Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis
Bürgin, 1992
Other species
  • †P. besanensis Bürgin, 1992
  • †P. hypsisomus Bürgin, 1992

See also

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. Shen, Chenchen; Arratia, Gloria (2021-10-02). "Re-description of the sexually dimorphic peltopleuriform fish Wushaichthys exquisitus (Middle Triassic, China): taxonomic implications and phylogenetic relationships". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 19 (19): 1317–1342. doi:10.1080/14772019.2022.2029595. ISSN 1477-2019. S2CID 247731689.


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