Acanthopleurus is an extinct genus of marine triplespine that lived in the seas over what is now Europe during the early Oligocene epoch.
It contains three species:
†A. collettei Tyler, 1980 - Oligocene of Switzerland (Matt Formation) †A. serratus Agassiz, 1844 - Oligocene of Switzerland (Matt Formation) (type species) †A. trispinosus (Ciobanu, 1977) - Oligocene of Romania (=Cephalacanthus trispinosus Ciobanu, 1977) The former species A. brevis Rath, 1859 is now classified in its own genus, Cryptobalistes.
See also
Prehistoric fish List of prehistoric bony fish
References