Acanthopleurus

Acanthopleurus is an extinct genus of marine triplespine that lived in the seas over what is now Europe during the early Oligocene epoch.^[1][2][3]

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Actinopterygii

Order:Tetraodontiformes

Family:Triacanthidae

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Acanthopleurus Temporal range: Early Oligocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
A. serratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Triacanthidae
Subfamily:	Triacanthinae
Genus:	†Acanthopleurus Agassiz, 1844
Species
†A. collettei Tyler, 1980 †A. serratus Agassiz, 1844 †A. trispinosus (Ciobanu, 1977)

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It contains three species:^[2][4]

• †A. collettei Tyler, 1980 - Oligocene of Switzerland (Matt Formation)
• †A. serratus Agassiz, 1844 - Oligocene of Switzerland (Matt Formation) (type species)
• †A. trispinosus (Ciobanu, 1977) - Oligocene of Romania (=Cephalacanthus trispinosus Ciobanu, 1977)^[5]

The former species A. brevis Rath, 1859 is now classified in its own genus, Cryptobalistes.^[2]