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Peripeltopleurus

Osteichthyes - Peltopleuriformes - Wushaichthyidae

Taxonomy
Peripeltopleurus was named by Bürgin (1992) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1038].

It was assigned to Peltopleuridae by Bürgin (1992), Cartanyà (1999); to Peltopleuriformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Wushaichthyidae by Shen and Arratia (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Peripeltopleurus Bürgin p. 127
1999Peripeltopleurus Cartanyà p. 545
2002Peripeltopleurus Sepkoski
2022Peripeltopleurus Shen and Arratia p. 1327

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPeltopleuriformes
superfamilyThoracopteroidea
familyWushaichthyidae
genusPeripeltopleurus

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.

G. †Peripeltopleurus Bürgin 1992
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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: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Fassanian or 243.33000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Switzerland P. vexillipinnis (122060 122067) P. vexillipinnis, P. hypsisomus (122058)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy P. besanensis (122061)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Switzerland P. vexillipinnis, P. hypsisomus (122057)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Spain P. sp. (148736 148739) P. vexillipinnis (148735 148737)