Paracentrophorus Explained

Paracentrophorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Induan age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Madagascar.[1] [2] The type species is Paracentrophorus madagascariensis (monotypy).

Paracentrophorus is classified as a neopterygian. According to Jean Piveteau, it belongs to Semionotidae.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Sepkoski . Jack . A compendium of fossil marine animal genera . Bulletins of American Paleontology . 364 . 560 . 2002 . 2009-02-27 .
  2. Romano . Carlo . Koot . Martha B. . Kogan . Ilja . Brayard . Arnaud . Minikh . Alla V. . Brinkmann . Winand . Bucher . Hugo . Kriwet . Jürgen . Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution . Biological Reviews . February 2016 . 91 . 1 . 106–147 . 10.1111/brv.12161 . 25431138 . 5332637 .
  3. Piveteau . Jean . Paléontologie de Madagascar XXIV. — Nouvelles recherches sur les poissons du Trias inférieur . Annales de Paléontologie . 1940 . 28 . 71–88.

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