Peltopleuridae

Peltopleuridae Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Late Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Peltopleuriformes
Family:	†Peltopleuridae Brough, 1939
Genera
Marcopoloichthys Placopleurus Peltopleurus

Peltopleuridae were an extinct family of prehistoric bony fish. It is classified with the order Peltopleuriformes.

Classification

• Family †Peltopleuridae Brough 1939[1][2][3]
  • Genus †Marcopoloichthys Tintori et al. 2008
    • †Marcopoloichthys ani Tintori et al. 2008
  • Genus †Placopleurus Brough
    • †P. primus Brough 1939
    • †P. besanensis (Bassani 1886) [Pholidophorus besanensis Bassani 1886]
  • Genus †Peltopleurus Kner 1866a [Tripelta Wade 1940]
    • †P. brachycephalus Liu & Yin 2006
    • †P. dirumptus Griffith 1977
    • †P. dubius Woodward 1890 [Tripelta dubia (Woodward 1890)]
    • †P. humilis Kner 1914
    • †P. kneri Woodward 1895
    • †P. lissocephalus Brough 1939
    • †P. nitidus Xu & Ma 2016
    • †P. nothocephalus Bürgin 1992
    • †P. nuptialis Lombardo 1999 [Peltopleurus humilis Kner 1914 in partim]
    • †P. orientalis Su 1959
    • †P. rugosus Brough 1939
    • †P. splendens Kner 1866a

Bibliography

• Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2011-05-17.

References

1. Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "†Peltopleuriformes". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
2. Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.
3. van der Laan, Richard (2016). "Family-group names of fossil fishes". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)