Placopleurus
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Placopleurus Temporal range:
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Placopleurus besanensis fossil | |
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Genus: | †Placopleurus
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†Placopleurus primus Brough, 1939
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Placopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Middle Triassic epoch (Anisian and Ladinian stages) of Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland.[2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Peltopleuridae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Bürgin, Toni (1992). "Basal ray-finned fishes (Osteichthyes; Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Canton Tessin, Switzerland). Systematic palaeontology with notes on functional morphology and palaeoecology". Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen. 114: 1–164.