Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Wushaichthyidae
Full reference: T. Bürgin. 1992. Basal ray-finned fishes (Osteichthyes; Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Canton Tessin, Switzerland). Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 114:1-164
Belongs to Peripeltopleurus according to J. Cartanyà 1999
See also Bürgin 1992
Sister taxa: Peripeltopleurus besanensis, Peripeltopleurus hypsisomus
Type specimen: PIMUZ T.193, a skeleton. Its type locality is Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, unspecified bed, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Spain (2 collections), Switzerland (4)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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