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Peripeltopleurus besanensis

Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Wushaichthyidae

Taxonomy
Peripeltopleurus besanensis was named by Bürgin (1992). Its type specimen is PIMUZ T.3404, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Besano, Tessin collection, Monte San Giorgio, which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Peripeltopleurus besanensis Bürgin p. 133 figs. 160-162

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPeltopleuriformes
superfamilyThoracopteroidea
familyWushaichthyidae
genusPeripeltopleurus
speciesbesanensis

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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Diagnosis
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