Perledovatus, López-Arbarello & Brocke, 2024

López-Arbarello, Adriana & Brocke, Rainer, 2024, New generic name for a small Triassic ray-finned fish from Perledo (Italy), Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (30) 143 (1), pp. 1-12 : 3

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-024-00325-6
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE5C87EC-FFE0-7A30-FF34-FACBFCA3F820
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Perledovatus
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Family Subortichthyidae Feng et al., 2023 Genus Perledovatus gen. nov.

Zoobank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D861D4F8-89EB-4193-B6A9-598A5EDDA6E2

1889 Allolepidotus —Deecke: p. 113, in part.

1910 Allolepidotus Deecke —De Alessandri: p. 115– 116, in part.

2001 Allolepidotus Deecke, 1889 —Lombardo: p. 347– 348, in part.

Type species

Allolepidotus nothosomoides Deecke, 1889 .

Etymology

Te generic name Perledovatus is formed by ‘Perledo’, the name of the famous type locality and stratigraphic unit, and ‘ovatus’ recalling the characteristically oval shape of the body of this fish, especially noticed by Deecke (1889).