Peltopleuriformes
Extinct order of fishes
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Peltopleuriformes is an extinct order of ray-finned fish. They were a successful and morphologically diverse group throughout much of the Triassic period, with some genera in the family Thoracopteridae closely converging on modern flying fish.[1] It was previously assumed that they went extinct during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event, but the discovery of Peripeltopleurus jurassicus from the Early Jurassic of Italy suggests that at least one lineage survived into the Jurassic.[2]
| Peltopleuriformes Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Subclass: | Neopterygii |
| Order: | †Peltopleuriformes Lehman, 1966 |
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Classification
- Order †Peltopleuriformes Lehman, 1966 [Peltopleuroidei Lehman 1966][3][4][5]
- Family †Peltopleuridae Brough, 1939
- Genus †Marcopoloichthys Tintori et al., 2008
- Genus †Placopleurus Brough, 1939
- Genus †Peltopleurus Kner, 1866a [Tripelta Wade, 1940]
- Superfamily †Thoracopteroidea Shen & Arratia, 2022[1]
- Family †Wushaichthyidae Shen & Arratia, 2022
- Genus †Wushaichthys Xu et al., 2015
- Genus †Peripeltopleurus Bürgin 1992
- Family †Thoracopteridae Griffith, 1977 sensu Shen & Arratia, 2022
- Genus †Thoracopterus Bronn, 1858
- Genus †Gigantopterus Abel, 1906
- Genus †Potanichthys Xu et al., 2013
- Genus †Italopterus Shen & Arratia, 2022
- Family †Wushaichthyidae Shen & Arratia, 2022
- Family †Peltopleuridae Brough, 1939
Timeline of genera
Bibliography
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
