Peripeltopleurus
| Peripeltopleurus Temporal range: | |
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| Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Peltopleuriformes |
| Family: | †Wushaichthyidae |
| Genus: | †Peripeltopleurus |
| Type species | |
| †Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis Bürgin, 1992 | |
| Other species | |
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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
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References
[edit]- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- 1 2 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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