Pholidophorus

Pholidophorus
Temporal range:
Pholidophorus latiusculus fossil
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pholidophoriformes
Family: Pholidophoridae
Genus: Pholidophorus
Agassiz, 1832
Species:
P. latiusculus
Binomial name
Pholidophorus latiusculus
Agassiz, 1832

Pholidophorus (from Greek: φολῐ́ς pholis, 'horny scale' and Greek: φέρω phérō, 'to bear') is an extinct genus of stem-teleost fish. Numerous species were assigned to this genus in the past, but only the type species Pholidophorus latiusculus, from the Late Triassic of Europe, is considered to be a valid member of the genus today.