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Peltoperleidus obristi

Osteichthyes - Louwoichthyiformes - Peltoperleididae

Taxonomy
Peltoperleidus obristi was named by Herzog (2001). Its type specimen is PIMUZ A/I2858, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is summit of Strel, Kanton Graubünden, which is in a Fassanian marine horizon in the Prosanto Formation of Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Peltoperleidus obristi Herzog p. 496 figs. 1-4
2004Peltoperleidus obristi Mutter and Herzog p. 797 fig. 6C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderLouwoichthyiformes
familyPeltoperleididae
genusPeltoperleidus
speciesobristi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Peltoperleidus obristi Herzog 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Fassanian or 241.46400 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Switzerland Peltoperleidus obristi (type locality: 139024)