Peripeltopleurus
Extinct genus of fishes
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Peripeltopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Anisian to Sinemurian ages of the Middle Triassic-Early Jurassic epoch.[1][2] Represents the only known Jurassic survivor of the order Peltopleuriformes.[2]
| Peripeltopleurus Temporal range: | |
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| Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Peltopleuriformes |
| Family: | †Wushaichthyidae |
| Genus: | †Peripeltopleurus |
| Type species | |
| †Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis Bürgin, 1992 | |
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