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Peripeltopleurus

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Peripeltopleurus
Temporal range: Anisian-Ladinian[1]
Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Peltopleuriformes
Family: Wushaichthyidae
Genus: Peripeltopleurus
Type species
Peripeltopleurus vexillipinnis
Bürgin, 1992
Other species
  • P. besanensis Bürgin, 1992
  • P. hypsisomus Bürgin, 1992

Peripeltopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Anisian and Ladinian ages of the Middle Triassic epoch.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.