Peripeltopleurus

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Peripeltopleurus
Temporal range: Anisian-Ladinian[1]
Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis.JPG
Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Subclass:
incertae sedis
Order:
†Peltopleuriformes
Family:
†Peltopleuridae[2]
Genus:
†Peripeltopleurus
Binomial name
†Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis
Bürgin, 1992
Other species
  • †P. besanensis Bürgin, 1992
  • †P. hypsisomus Bürgin, 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]

See also[]

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References[]

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ "Peltopleuridae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 18, 2012.


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