Actinopteri - Louwoichthyiformes - Peltoperleididae
Full reference: T. Bürgin. 1992. Basal ray-finned fishes (Osteichthyes; Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Canton Tessin, Switzerland). Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 114:1-164
Belongs to Peltoperleidus according to A. Herzog 2001
See also Bürgin 1992 and Mutter and Herzog 2004
Sister taxa: Peltoperleidus asiaticus, Peltoperleidus ducanensis, Peltoperleidus macrodontus, Peltoperleidus obristi, Peltoperleidus triseries
Type specimen: PIMUZ T.899, a skeleton. Its type locality is Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, unspecified bed, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Switzerland (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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