Osteichthyes - Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae

Full reference: J. Brough. 1939. The Triassic fishes of Besano, Lombardy 1-117

Belongs to Placopleurus according to J. Brough 1939

Sister taxon: Placopleurus besanensis

Type specimen: BMNH P19357/19380, a skeleton. Its type locality is Besano, Bender collection, Monte San Giorgio, which is in a Fassanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Italy.

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