Osteichthyes - Perleidiformes - Perleididae

Full reference: T. Bürgin. 1992. Basal ray-finned fishes (Osteichthyes; Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Canton Tessin, Switzerland). Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 114:1-164

Belongs to Peltoperleidus according to T. Bürgin 1992

Sister taxa: Peltoperleidus bellipinnis, Peltoperleidus macrodontus, Peltoperleidus triseries

Type specimen: PIMUZ T.168, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Monte San Giorgio, point 902, unspecified layer, which is in a Fassanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.

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