Peltopleuriformes

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

Peltopleuriformes is an extinct order of ray-finned fish.

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

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

^ Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "†Peltopleuriformes". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
^ Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.
^ van der Laan, Richard (2016). "Family-group names of fossil fishes". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Shen, Chenchen; Arratia, Gloria (2021-10-02). "Re-description of the sexually dimorphic peltopleuriform fish Wushaichthys exquisitus (Middle Triassic, China): taxonomic implications and phylogenetic relationships". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 19 (19): 1317–1342. doi:10.1080/14772019.2022.2029595. ISSN 1477-2019. S2CID 247731689.

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