Megaperleidus Sytchevskaya 1999 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Perleididae

Full reference: E. K. Sytchevskaya. 1999. Freshwater fish fauna from the Triassic of Northern Asia. Mesozoic Fishes 2—Systematics and Fossil Record 445-468

Parent taxon: Perleididae according to E. K. Sytchevskaya 1999

Sister taxa: Aetheodontus, Alvinia, Diandongperleidus, Dipteronotus, Endennia, Eoperleidus, Luopingperleidus, Meidiichthys, Mendocinia, Meridensia, Paraperleidus, Perleidus, Plesioperleidus, Teffichthys

Subtaxa: Megaperleidus lissolepis

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Type: Megaperleidus lissolepis

Ecology: grazer-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Madygen, PIN collection 3267 (Triassic of Kyrgyzstan)

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