Actinopterygii - 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 elongignathus, Peltoperleidus triseries

Type specimen: PIMUZ T.3237, a skeleton. Its type locality is Val Porina, Tessin collection, Monte San Giorgio, which is in a Fassanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.

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