Peltopleurus Kner 1866 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae

Full reference: R. Kner. 1866. Die Fische der bituminösen Schiefer von Raibl in Kärnthen. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 53(1):152-197

Parent taxon: Peltopleuridae according to G. H. Xu et al. 2018

See also Beltan 1972, Bürgin 1992, Bürgin 1995, Cartanyà 1999, Sepkoski 2002, Su 1959, Woodward 1890, Woodward 1895 and Xu and Ma 2016

Sister taxa: Altisolepis, Cephaloxenus, Nannolepis, Platysiagum

Subtaxa: Peltopleurus dirumptus Peltopleurus dubius Peltopleurus humilis Peltopleurus kneri Peltopleurus lissocephalus Peltopleurus nitidus Peltopleurus nothocephalus Peltopleurus nuptialis Peltopleurus orientalis Peltopleurus rugosus Peltopleurus splendens Peltopleurus tyrannos

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), Austria (3), China (4), Italy (7), Spain (4), Switzerland (13)

Total: 32 collections including 41 occurrences

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