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Extinct genus of fishes
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]
It contains three species:
[2]
[4]
The former species A. brevis Rath, 1859 is now classified in its own genus,
Cryptobalistes.
[2]
See also
References
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a
b Sepkoski, Jack (2002).
"A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from
the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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a
b
c Santini, Francesco; Tyler, James C. (2002-07-24).
"Phylogeny and biogeography of the extant species of triplespine fishes (Triacanthidae, Tetraodontiformes)". Zoologica Scripta. 31 (4): 321–330.
doi:
10.1046/j.1463-6409.2002.00097.x.
ISSN
0300-3256.
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^ SANTINI, FRANCESCO; TYLER, JAMES C. (2003).
"A phylogeny of the families of fossil and extant tetraodontiform fishes (Acanthomorpha, Tetraodontiformes), Upper Cretaceous to Recent". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 139 (4): 565–617.
doi:
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00088.x.
ISSN
1096-3642.
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^ Tyler, James C.; Winterbottom, Richard (1999-12-01).
"A review of the morphology and relationships of the Oligocene spikefish genera Acanthopleurus Agassiz 1844 and Cryptobalistes Tyler 1968 (Tetraodontiformes: Triacanthidae)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 73 (3): 351–367.
doi:
10.1007/BF02988046.