Acentrophorus

Acentrophorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Wuchiapingian (Lopingian/late Permian) of England (Marl Slate) and Germany (Kupferschiefer). There may also be a Triassic occurrence in Australia.

Acentrophorus
Temporal range: Wuchiapingian
Acentrophorus varians
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ginglymodi
Order: Semionotiformes
Genus: Acentrophorus
Traquair, 1877
Type species
Palaeoniscus glaphyrus
Agassiz, 1835
Other Species
  • A. abbsii (Kirkby, 1862)
  • A. altus (Kirkby, 1864)
  • A. varians (Kirkby, 1862)
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