Peripeltopleurus

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Peripeltopleurus
Temporal range: Anisian-Ladinian [1]
Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis.JPG
Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis
Scientific classification
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Wushaichthyidae [2]
Genus:
Peripeltopleurus
Binomial name
Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis
Bürgin, 1992
Other species
  • P. besanensisBürgin, 1992
  • P. hypsisomusBürgin, 1992

Peripeltopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Anisian and Ladinian ages of the Middle Triassic epoch. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. Shen, Chenchen; Arratia, Gloria (2021-10-02). "Re-description of the sexually dimorphic peltopleuriform fish Wushaichthys exquisitus (Middle Triassic, China): taxonomic implications and phylogenetic relationships". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 19 (19): 1317–1342. doi:10.1080/14772019.2022.2029595. ISSN   1477-2019. S2CID   247731689.