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Peltopleurus

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Extinct genus of fishes

Peltopleurus
Temporal range: Middle - Late Triassic PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Peltopleurus lissocephalus fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Peltopleuriformes
Family: Peltopleuridae
Genus: Peltopleurus
Type species
Peltopleurus splendens
Kner, 1866
Other species
  • P. dirumptus Griffith, 1977
  • P. dubius Woodward, 1890
  • P. humilis Kner, 1867
  • P. kneri Woodward, 1895
  • P. lissocephalus Brough, 1939
  • P. nitidus Xu & Ma, 2016
  • P. nothocephalus Bürgin, 1992
  • P. nuptialis Lombardo, 1999
  • P. orientalis Su, 1959
  • P. rugosus Brough, 1939
  • P. tyrannos Xu, Ma & Zhao, 2018

Peltopleurus is an extinct genus of bony fish.

See also

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
Neopterygii
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
    • see below↓
Neopterygii
Neopterygii
Pholidopleuriformes?
Redfieldiiformes?
Platysiagidae
Polzbergiiformes
Cleithrolepididae
Polzbergiidae
Colobodontidae
Perleididae
Louwoichthyiformes
Louwoichthyidae
Pseudobeaconiidae
Luganoiiformes
Peltopleuriformes
Peltopleuridae
Thoracopteridae
Dapediidae
Pycnodontiformes
Holostei
Ginglymodi
Halecomorphi
Teleostei
    • see Teleostei
    • includes the majority of modern fish
Redfieldius sp.

Caelatichthys nitens Feroxichthys panzhouensis Perleidus altolepis Dapedium

Pycnodontiform
Taxon identifiers
Peltopleurus


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