Placopleurus

Placopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Middle Triassic epoch (Anisian and Ladinian stages) of Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland.^[1][2]

Placopleurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Placopleurus besanensis fossil
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Peltopleuriformes
Family:	†Peltopleuridae
Genus:	†Placopleurus
Type species
†Placopleurus primus Brough, 1939
Other species
†P. besanensis (Bassani, 1886)

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish