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Peltopleuriformes

Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes

Taxonomy
Peltopleuriformes is an order. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Lombardo (1999); to Neopterygii by Cartanyà (1999); and to Osteichthyes by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Peltopleuriformes Cartanyà p. 544
1999Peltopleuriformes Lombardo p. 742
2002Peltopleuriformes Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPeltopleuriformes
orderPeltopleuriformes

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.

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G. †Altisolepis Mutter and Herzog 2004
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†Altisolepis bellipinnis Bürgin 1992
†Altisolepis elongignathus Bürgin 1992
†Altisolepis sinensis Sun et al. 2015
G. †Cephaloxenus Brough 1939
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†Cephaloxenus macropterus Brough 1939
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†Nannolepis elegans Griffith 1977
G. †Peltopleurus Kner 1866
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†Peltopleurus dirumptus Griffith 1977
†Peltopleurus dubius Woodward 1890
†Peltopleurus humilis Kner 1867
†Peltopleurus kneri Woodward 1895
†Peltopleurus nitidus Xu and Ma 2016
†Peltopleurus nuptialis Lombardo 1999
†Peltopleurus rugosus Brough 1939
†Peltopleurus tyrannos Xu et al. 2018
G. †Platysiagum Woodward 1895
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†Platysiagum minus Brough 1939
†Platysiagum sclerocephalum Woodward 1895
Superfm. †Thoracopteroidea Griffith 1977
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Fm. †Thoracopteridae Griffith 1977
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G. †Gigantopterus Abel 1906
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†Gigantopterus telleri Abel 1906
G. †Italopterus Shen and Arratia 2022
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†Italopterus magnificus Tintori and Sassi 1987
†Italopterus martinisi Tintori and Sassi 1992
G. †Moradebrichthys Cartanyà et al. 2019
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†Moradebrichthys vilasecae Cartanyà et al. 2019
G. †Potanichthys Xu et al. 2012
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†Potanichthys wushaensis Tintori et al. 2012
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Invalid names: Potanichthys xingyiensis Xu et al. 2012 [synonym]
G. †Thoracopterus Bronn 1858
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Invalid names: Pterygopterus apus Kner 1867 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pterygopterus Kner 1867 [synonym]
Fm. †Wushaichthyidae Shen and Arratia 2022
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G. †Peripeltopleurus Bürgin 1992
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G. †Wushaichthys Xu et al. 2015
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†Wushaichthys exquisitus Xu et al. 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Liasicus or 247.20000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian - Bithynian251.3 - 242.0Australia (New South Wales) Peltopleurus dubius (131926)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy Nannolepis sp., Peltopleurus lissocephalus, Peripeltopleurus besanensis, Cephaloxenus sqamiserratus (122061) Peltopleurus sp., Cephaloxenus sp., Platysiagum minus, Peltopleurus lissocephalus, Peltopleurus rugosus, Cephaloxenus macropterus (122150) Peltopleurus splendens (149323)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Switzerland Peltopleurus lissocephalus, Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis (122060) Peltopleurus rugosus, Peltopleurus nothocephalus (122069) Peltopleurus sp. (122070) Peltopleurus splendens (117994) Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis (122067) Platysiagum minus, Peltopleurus lissocephalus (98104 122059) Platysiagum minus, Peltopleurus lissocephalus, Peltopleurus nothocephalus, Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis, Peripeltopleurus hypsisomus, Cephaloxenus macropterus (122058)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0China (Yunnan) Peltopleurus nitidus (156671)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0China Altisolepis sinensis (117939)
Illyrian - Fassanian247.2 - 235.0Switzerland Peltoperleidus elongignathus, Peltopleurus lissocephalus, Peltopleurus nothocephalus, Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis, Peripeltopleurus hypsisomus (122057)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Spain Peltopleurus sp. (149853) Peltopleurus sp., Peltopleurus rugosus (149852) Peripeltopleurus sp. (148739) Peripeltopleurus sp., Platysiagum sp., Peltopleurus rugosus (148736) Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis (148735) Platysiagum sp., Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis (148737)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Switzerland Peltopleurus lissocephalus (122152 153377) Peltopleurus sp. (180513)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy Peltopleurus nuptialis (116568)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Spain (Tarragona) Peltopleurus sp., Peltopleurus rugosus (109710)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Switzerland Peltopleurus sp. (122468) Peltopleurus sp. A, Peltopleurus sp. B (122020)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Spain (Catalonia) Moradebrichthys vilasecae (222559 222560)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Yunnan) Peltopleurus tyrannos (129640)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Guizhou) Peltopleurus orientalis (98691) Potanichthys xingyiensis (135735) Potanichthys xingyiensis, Wushaichthys exquisitus (164947) Thoracopterus wushaensis (122723 153370 153371 153372) Wushaichthys exquisitus, Peltopleurus tyrannos (98907)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Austria Peltopleurus dirumptus, Nannolepis elegans, Thoracopterus niederristi, Gigantopterus telleri (118111)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Pterygopterus apus (139875) Thoracopterus niederristi (122360) Thoracopterus niederristi, Peltopleurus kneri (122165) Thoracopterus niederristi, Peltopleurus splendens (122361)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Italy Peltopleurus humilis, Thoracopterus sp. (153108) Thoracopterus martinisi (117192)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Austria (Tirol) Peltopleurus humilis (130601 130602)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5Belgium (Luxembourg) Platysiagum sp. (40087)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) Platysiagum sclerocephalum (122154 122155)