Peltopleuriformes Temporal range: Triassic–Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Subclass:	Neopterygii
Order:	†Peltopleuriformes Lehman, 1966
Families
†Peltopleuridae †Thoracopteridae †Wushaichthyidae

Peltopleuriformes is an extinct order of ray-finned fish.

Classification

• Order †Peltopleuriformes Lehman 1966 [Peltopleuroidei Lehman 1966]^[1][2][3]
  • Family †Peltopleuridae Brough 1939
    • Genus †Marcopoloichthys Tintori et al. 2008
    • Genus †Placopleurus Brough
    • Genus †Peltopleurus Kner 1866a [Tripelta Wade 1940]
  • Superfamily †Thoracopteroidea Shen & Arratia 2022^[4]
    • Family †Wushaichthyidae Shen & Arratia 2022
      • Genus †Wushaichthys Xu et al. 2015
      • Genus †Peripeltopleurus Bürgin 1992
    • Family †Thoracopteridae Griffith 1977 sensu Shen & Arratia 2022
      • Genus †Pterygopterus Kner 1867 [Pterygopterus Kner 1867 non Butler 1876]
      • Genus †Urocomus Costa 1862
      • Genus †Thoracopterus Bronn 1858
      • Genus †Gigantopterus Abel 1906
      • Genus †Potanichthys Xu et al. 2012
      • Genus †Italopterus Shen & Arratia 2022

Timeline of genera