Peltopleurus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|242|212|Middle - Late Triassic}}

| image = Peltopleurus lissocephalus.JPG

| image_caption = Peltopleurus lissocephalus fossil

| taxon = Peltopleurus

| type_species = †Peltopleurus splendens

| type_species_authority = Kner, 1866

| subdivision_ranks = Other species

| subdivision =

• †P. dirumptus Griffith, 1977
• †P. dubius Woodward, 1890
• †P. humilis Kner, 1867
• †P. kneri Woodward, 1895
• †P. lissocephalus Brough, 1939
• †P. nitidus Xu & Ma, 2016
• †P. nothocephalus Bürgin, 1992
• †P. nuptialis Lombardo, 1999
• †P. orientalis Su, 1959
• †P. rugosus Brough, 1939
• †P. tyrannos Xu, Ma & Zhao, 2018

}}

Peltopleurus is an extinct genus of bony fish.{{cite journal | last = Sepkoski | first = Jack | title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera | journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology | volume = 364 |page=560 | date = 2002 | url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class | accessdate = 2009-02-27 }}