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Peltopleurus
Taxonomy
Peltopleurus was named by Kner (1866) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi-l J Sine Sepkoski's reference number: 1038,1066]. It is the type genus of Peltopleuridae.
It was assigned to Pholidophoridae by Woodward (1890) and Woodward (1895); to Peltopleuriformes by Beltan (1972) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Peltopleuridae by Su (1959), Bürgin (1992), Bürgin (1995), Cartanyà (1999), Xu and Ma (2016) and Xu et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Pholidophoridae by Woodward (1890) and Woodward (1895); to Peltopleuriformes by Beltan (1972) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Peltopleuridae by Su (1959), Bürgin (1992), Bürgin (1995), Cartanyà (1999), Xu and Ma (2016) and Xu et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1866 | Peltopleurus Kner p. 180 |
| 1890 | Peltopleurus Woodward p. 46 |
| 1895 | Peltopleurus Woodward p. 481 |
| 1959 | Peltopleurus Su |
| 1972 | Peltopleurus Beltan p. 292 |
| 1992 | Peltopleurus Bürgin p. 114 |
| 1995 | Peltopleurus Bürgin p. 813 |
| 1999 | Peltopleurus Cartanyà p. 544 |
| 2002 | Peltopleurus Sepkoski |
| 2016 | Peltopleurus Xu and Ma p. 1767 |
| 2018 | Peltopleurus Xu et al. p. 108 |
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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. †Peltopleurus Kner 1866
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†Peltopleurus dirumptus Griffith 1977
†Peltopleurus dubius Woodward 1890
†Peltopleurus humilis Kner 1867
†Peltopleurus kneri Woodward 1895
†Peltopleurus lissocephalus Brough 1939
†Peltopleurus nitidus Xu and Ma 2016
†Peltopleurus nothocephalus Bürgin 1992
†Peltopleurus nuptialis Lombardo 1999
†Peltopleurus orientalis Su 1959
†Peltopleurus rugosus Brough 1939
†Peltopleurus splendens Kner 1866
†Peltopleurus tyrannos Xu et al. 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available