Acropholis

Acropholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine bony fish that lived during the Wuchiapingian age (Lopingian/late Permian epoch) in what is now Greenland and Hesse (Germany).^[2][3]

Acropholis Temporal range: Wuchiapingian272.5–254.0 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
A. stensioei fossil, Geological Museum, Copenhagen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Elonichthyiformes
Family:	†Acrolepididae
Genus:	†Acropholis Aldinger, 1937
Type species
†A. stensioei Aldinger, 1937
Species
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The following species are known:^[1]

• A. kamensis Esin, 1995
• A. silantievi Esin and Mashin, 1996
• A. stensioiei Aldinger, 1937

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish