Acanthopleurus

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Actinopterygii

Order:Tetraodontiformes

Family:Triacanthidae

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)

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]

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]