Acentrophorus | |
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Acentrophorus varians | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Ginglymodi (?) |
Family: | †Acentrophoridae Berg, 1936 |
Genus: | †Acentrophorus Traquair, 1877 |
Type species | |
†Palaeoniscus glaphyrus Agassiz, 1835
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Species | |
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Acentrophorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater and marine ray-finned fish from the Roadian (Guadalupian/Middle Permian) to the Wuchiapingian (Lopingian/late Permian) of England (Marl Slate), Germany (Kupferschiefer), Italy (Val Gardena) and Russia (Baitugan Formation).[2] There may also be a Triassic occurrence in Australia.[1]