Placopleurus
Extinct genus of fishes
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Placopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Middle Triassic epoch (Anisian and Ladinian stages) of Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland.[1][2]
| Placopleurus Temporal range: | |
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| Placopleurus besanensis fossil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Peltopleuriformes |
| Family: | †Peltopleuridae |
| Genus: | †Placopleurus |
| Type species | |
| †Placopleurus primus Brough, 1939 | |
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