Placopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Middle Triassic epoch (Anisian and Ladinian stages) of Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland.[1][2]

Placopleurus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Placopleurus besanensis fossil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Peltopleuriformes
Family: Peltopleuridae
Genus: Placopleurus
Type species
Placopleurus primus
Brough, 1939
Other species
  • P. besanensis (Bassani, 1886)

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References

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  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ 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.