Peltopleuriformes
Extinct order of fishes
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::summary Extinct order of fishes ::
| fossil_range = | taxon = Peltopleuriformes | authority = Lehman, 1966 | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = *†Peltopleuridae
Peltopleuriformes is an extinct order of ray-finned fish.
Classification
- Order †Peltopleuriformes Lehman, 1966 [Peltopleuroidei Lehman 1966]
- Family †Peltopleuridae Brough, 1939
- Genus †Marcopoloichthys Tintori et al., 2008
- Genus †Placopleurus Brough, 1939
- Genus †Peltopleurus Kner, 1866a [Tripelta Wade, 1940]
- Superfamily †Thoracopteroidea Shen & Arratia, 2022
- Family †Wushaichthyidae Shen & Arratia, 2022
- Genus †Wushaichthys Xu et al., 2015
- Genus †Peripeltopleurus Bürgin 1992
- Family †Thoracopteridae Griffith, 1977 sensu Shen & Arratia, 2022
- Genus †Thoracopterus Bronn, 1858
- Genus †Gigantopterus Abel, 1906
- Genus †Potanichthys Xu et al., 2013
- Genus †Italopterus Shen & Arratia, 2022
- Family †Wushaichthyidae Shen & Arratia, 2022
- Family †Peltopleuridae Brough, 1939
Timeline of genera
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Bibliography
References
References
- Haaramo, Mikko. (2007). "''†Peltopleuriformes''".
- (2016). "''Fishes of the World''". [[John Wiley & Sons]].
- van der Laan, Richard. (2016). "'Family-group names of fossil fishes'". European Journal of Taxonomy.
- (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.
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