Biology:Pericentrophorus

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Pericentrophorus
Temporal range: early Anisian[1]
Pericentrophorus minimus.jpg
Pericentrophorus minimus fossil
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Pericentrophorus

Jörg, 1969
Binomial name
Pericentrophorus minimus
Jörg, 1969

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][3][1]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 
  2. Jörg, Erwin. "Eine Fischfauna aus dem Oberen Buntsandstein (Unter-Trias) von Karlsruhe-Durlach (Nordbaden)". Beiträge zur Naturkundlichen Forschung in Südwestdeutschland 28: 87–102. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Beitr-natukdl-Forsch-Suedwestdtschl_28_0087-0102.pdf. 
  3. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27. 

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