Acanthopleurus

Acanthopleurus; Temporal range: Early Oligocene 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]

Quick Facts Scientific classification, Species ...

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]

See also