Acanthopleurus

Acanthopleurus
Temporal range: Early Oligocene
A. serratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Triacanthidae
Subfamily: Triacanthinae
Genus: †Acanthopleurus
Agassiz, 1844
Species
  • †A. collettei Tyler, 1980
  • †A. serratus Agassiz, 1844
  • †A. trispinosus (Ciobanu, 1977)

Acanthopleurus is an extinct genus of marine triplespine that lived in the seas over what is now Europe during the early Oligocene epoch.

It contains three species:

The former species A. brevis Rath, 1859 is now classified in its own genus, Cryptobalistes.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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 2009-02-27.
  2. 1 2 3 Santini, Francesco; Tyler, James C. (2002-07-24). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the extant species of triplespine fishes (Triacanthidae, Tetraodontiformes)". Zoologica Scripta. 31 (4): 321–330. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2002.00097.x. ISSN 0300-3256.
  3. ↑ SANTINI, FRANCESCO; TYLER, JAMES C. (2003). "A phylogeny of the families of fossil and extant tetraodontiform fishes (Acanthomorpha, Tetraodontiformes), Upper Cretaceous to Recent". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 139 (4): 565–617. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00088.x. ISSN 1096-3642.
  4. ↑ Tyler, James C.; Winterbottom, Richard (1999-12-01). "A review of the morphology and relationships of the Oligocene spikefish genera Acanthopleurus Agassiz 1844 and Cryptobalistes Tyler 1968 (Tetraodontiformes: Triacanthidae)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 73 (3): 351–367. doi:10.1007/BF02988046.
  5. ↑ Baciu, D. S.; Tyler, James C. (2001). "Cephalacanthus trispinosus Ciobanu 1977 from the Oligocene of Romania, a valid species of the triplespine genus Acanthopleurus (Tetraodontiformes: Triacanthidae)". Revue Roumain de Géologie, Géophysique et Géographie (45): 53–64.