Peltopleuriformes

Peltopleuriformes were an extinct order of prehistoric bony fish.

Peltopleuriformes Temporal range: Triassic–Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii[1]
Subclass:	incertae sedis
Order:	Peltopleuriformes Lehman 1966
Families
Peltopleuridae Thoracopteridae

Classification

• Order †Peltopleuriformes Lehman 1966 [Peltopleuroidei Lehman 1966][2][3][4]
  • Family †Peltopleuridae Bough 1939
    • Genus †Marcopoloichthys Tintori et al. 2008
    • Genus †Peripeltopleurus Bürgin 1992
    • Genus †Placopleurus Brough
    • Genus †Peltopleurus Kner 1866a [Tripelta Wade 1940]
  • Family †Thoracopteridae Griffith 1977 sensu Xu et al. 2012
    • Genus †Pterygopterus Kner 1867 [Pterygopterus Kner 1867 non Butler 1876]
    • Genus †Urocomus Costa 1862
    • Genus †Wushaichthys Xu et al. 2015
    • Genus †Thoracopterus Bronn 1858
    • Genus †Gigantopterus Abel 1906
    • Genus †Potanichthys Xu et al. 2012

Timeline of genera

Bibliography

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

References

1. "Peltopleuriformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
2. Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "†Peltopleuriformes". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
3. Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.
4. van der Laan, Richard (2016). "Family-group names of fossil fishes". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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