†Peripeltopleurus Bürgin 1992 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Peltopleuriformes - Wushaichthyidae
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
Parent taxon: Wushaichthyidae according to C. C. Shen and G. Arratia 2022
See also Bürgin 1992, Cartanyà 1999 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Wushaichthys
Subtaxa: Peripeltopleurus besanensis Peripeltopleurus hypsisomus Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (2 collections), Spain (4), Switzerland (4)
Total: 10 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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