Osteichthyes - Louwoichthyiformes - Peltoperleididae
Full reference: A. Herzog. 2001. Peltoperleidus obristi sp. nov., ein neuer, kleiner Strahlenflosser (Actinopterygii, Perleidiformes) aus der Prosanto-Formation (Mitteltrias) von Graubünden (Schweiz). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 94:495-507
Belongs to Peltoperleidus according to R. J. Mutter and A. Herzog 2004
See also Herzog 2001
Sister taxa: Peltoperleidus asiaticus, Peltoperleidus bellipinnis, Peltoperleidus ducanensis, Peltoperleidus macrodontus, Peltoperleidus triseries
Type specimen: PIMUZ A/I2858, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is summit of Strel, Kanton Graubünden, which is in a Fassanian marine horizon in the Prosanto Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at summit of Strel, Kanton Graubünden
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