Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae
Full reference: J. Brough. 1939. The Triassic fishes of Besano, Lombardy 1-117
Belongs to Peltopleurus according to J. Cartanyà 1999
See also Beltan 1972, Brough 1939 and Bürgin 1992
Sister taxa: Peltopleurus dirumptus, Peltopleurus dubius, Peltopleurus humilis, Peltopleurus kneri, Peltopleurus lissocephalus, Peltopleurus nitidus, Peltopleurus nothocephalus, Peltopleurus nuptialis, Peltopleurus orientalis, Peltopleurus splendens, Peltopleurus tyrannos
Type specimen: BMNH P.19320, a skeleton. Its type locality is Besano, Bender collection, Monte San Giorgio, which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Italy.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (1 collection), Spain (3), Switzerland (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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