Paracentrophorus

Not to be confused with Pericentrophorus.

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 Temporal range: Induan[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Paracentrophorus madagascariensis fossil (type specimen)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Semionotiformes?
Family:	†Semionotidae?
Genus:	†Paracentrophorus Piveteau, 1940
Binomial name
†P. madagascariensis Piveteau, 1940

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

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish