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Acanthopleurus
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.
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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.
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