Pericentrophorus

Not to be confused with Paracentrophorus.

Pericentrophorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Anisian age of the Middle Triassic epoch in what is now Alsace, France, and Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The type and only species is Pericentrophorus minimus.^[2][3][1]

Pericentrophorus Temporal range: early Anisian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pericentrophorus minimus fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Ginglymodi
Order:	†Semionotiformes
Genus:	†Pericentrophorus Jörg, 1969
Species:	†P. minimus
Binomial name
†Pericentrophorus minimus Jörg, 1969

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish