Placopleurus

Placopleurus
Temporal range:
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)

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

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