Acentrophorus

Acentrophorus Temporal range: Permian - Triassic, 259–242 Ma^[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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

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]

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.

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

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