Acanthopleurus
| Acanthopleurus Temporal range:
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| A. serratus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Triacanthidae |
| Subfamily: | Triacanthinae |
| Genus: | †Acanthopleurus Agassiz, 1844 |
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Acanthopleurus is an extinct genus of marine triplespine that lived in the seas over what is now Europe during the early Oligocene epoch.[1][2][3]
It contains three species:[2][4]
- †A. collettei Tyler, 1980 - Oligocene of Glarus, Switzerland
- †A. serratus Agassiz, 1844 - Oligocene of Glarus, Switzerland (type species)
- †A. trispinosus Ciobanu, 1977 - Oligocene of Romania
The former species A. brevis Rath, 1859 is now classified in its own genus, Cryptobalistes.[2]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ ISSN 0300-3256.
- ISSN 1096-3642.
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