Placopleurus Temporal range:
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Placopleurus besanensis fossil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Peltopleuriformes |
Family: | †Peltopleuridae |
Genus: | †Placopleurus |
Type species | |
†Placopleurus primus Brough, 1939
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Other species | |
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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.[1][2]