Peltopleurus splendens Kner 1866 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae

Full reference: R. Kner. 1866. Die Fische der bituminösen Schiefer von Raibl in Kärnthen. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 53(1):152-197

Belongs to Peltopleurus according to E. Andersson 1916

See also Bassani 1886, de Alessandri 1910, Kner 1866 and Woodward 1895

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Raibl, Carinthia (Stur collection), which is in a Julian basinal (carbonate) limestone in Italy

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Italy (2 collections), Switzerland (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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