Ptycholepis viai Beltan 1972 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae

Alternative combination: Perleidus viai

Full reference: L. L. Beltan. 1972. La faune Ichthyologique du Muschelkalk de la Catalogne. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes XLI:281-325

Belongs to Ptycholepis according to T. Bürgin 1992

See also Beltan 1972

Sister taxa: Ptycholepis avus, Ptycholepis barboi, Ptycholepis barrati, Ptycholepis bollensis, Ptycholepis curtus, Ptycholepis gracilis, Ptycholepis magnus, Ptycholepis marshii, Ptycholepis minor, Ptycholepis monilifer, Ptycholepis priscus, Ptycholepis schaefferi, Ptycholepis tenuisquamata

Type specimen: M19, a skeleton. Its type locality is Montral and Alcover Quarries (MSB), which is in a Ladinian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite in the Muschelkalk Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Spain (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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