Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Perleididae
Synonym: Dimorpholepis Teixeira 1947
Full reference: G. de Alessandri. 1910. Studii sui pesci Triasici della Lombardia. Memorie della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 7(1):1-145
Parent taxon: Perleididae according to C. Lombardo et al. 2011
See also Beltan 1968, Beltan 1972, Beltan 1984, Cartanyà 1999, Lehman 1952, Martin 1982, Schaeffer 1990, Schaeffer and Mangus 1976 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aetheodontus, Alvinia, Diandongperleidus, Dipteronotus, Endennia, Eoperleidus, Luopingperleidus, Megaperleidus, Meidiichthys, Mendocinia, Meridensia, Paraperleidus, Plesioperleidus, Teffichthys
Subtaxa: Perleidus altolepis Perleidus sinensis
Ecology: grazer-detritivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), China (2), Italy (6), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (2), Morocco (1), Spain (5), Switzerland (2), Turkey (1)
Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences
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