Acentrophorus

Acentrophorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Permian and Triassic periods. Fossils have been found in Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom.[1] It was the oldest known neopterygian.[2]

Acentrophorus
Temporal range: Permian - Triassic, 259–242 Ma[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
†Semionotiformes
Family:
†Semionotidae
Genus:
†Acentrophorus

Traquair, 1877
Species
  • †Acentrophorus abbsii Kirkby, 1862
  • †A. altus Kirkby, 1864
  • †A. glaphyurus Agassiz, 1833
  • †A. varians Kirkby, 1862

See also
  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References
  • Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-23.

Notes
  1. "†Acentrophorus Traquair 1877 (ray-finned fish)". Fossilworks – Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. "Neopterygii: Semionotiformes". Palaeos. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
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