Peltopleuriformes

Peltopleuriformes is an extinct order of ray-finned fish.

Peltopleuriformes Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Late Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Subclass:	Neopterygii
Order:	†Peltopleuriformes Lehman, 1966
Families
†Peltopleuridae †Thoracopteridae †Wushaichthyidae

Classification

• Order †Peltopleuriformes Lehman, 1966 [Peltopleuroidei Lehman 1966]^[1][2][3]
  • 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^[4]
    • 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

Timeline of genera

Bibliography

• Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2011-05-17.