Pericentrophorus

Pericentrophorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Anisian age of the Middle Triassic epoch in what is now Alsace, France, and Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The type and only species is Pericentrophorus minimus[2][1]

Not to be confused with Paracentrophorus.

Pericentrophorus
Temporal range:
Pericentrophorus minimus fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Order:
†Semionotiformes
Genus:
†Pericentrophorus

Jörg, 1969
Binomial name
†Pericentrophorus minimus
Jörg, 1969

See also

References
  1. Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
  2. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.


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