Peltopleurus orientalis Su 1959 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae

Alternative combination: Habroichthys orientalis

Full reference: T. Su. 1959. Triassic Fishes from Kueichow, South-West China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 3(4):205-215

Belongs to Peltopleurus according to G. H. Xu and X. Y. Ma 2016

See also Su 1959 and Tintori et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Peltopleurus dirumptus, Peltopleurus dubius, Peltopleurus humilis, Peltopleurus kneri, Peltopleurus lissocephalus, Peltopleurus nitidus, Peltopleurus nothocephalus, Peltopleurus nuptialis, Peltopleurus rugosus, Peltopleurus splendens, Peltopleurus tyrannos

Type specimen: Its type locality is Langmu, Tachai village, Tingshao of Shingyi Hsien, which is in a Longobardian marine shale in the Falang Formation of China

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Langmu, Tachai village, Tingshao of Shingyi Hsien

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