Peltopleuriformes

Peltopleuriformes is an extinct order of ray-finned fish. They were a successful and morphologically diverse group throughout much of the Triassic period, with some genera in the family Thoracopteridae closely converging on modern flying fish.^[1] It was previously assumed that they went extinct during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event, but the discovery of Peripeltopleurus jurassicus from the Early Jurassic of Italy suggests that at least one lineage survived into the Jurassic.^[2]

• Order †Peltopleuriformes Lehman, 1966 [Peltopleuroidei Lehman 1966]^[3][4][5]
  • 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^[1]
    • 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.