Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1890. The fossil fishes of the Hawkesbury Series at Gosford. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales. Palaeontology 4:1-57
Belongs to Peltopleurus according to A. S. Woodward 1890
Sister taxa: Peltopleurus dirumptus, Peltopleurus humilis, Peltopleurus kneri, Peltopleurus lissocephalus, Peltopleurus nitidus, Peltopleurus nothocephalus, Peltopleurus nuptialis, Peltopleurus orientalis, Peltopleurus rugosus, Peltopleurus splendens, Peltopleurus tyrannos
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll), which is in a Spathian/Bithynian lacustrine shale in the Terrigal Formation of Australia
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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