Placopleurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Middle Triassic epoch (Anisian and Ladinian stages) of Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland.[2][3]
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| Placopleurus besanensis fossil | |
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| Genus: | †Placopleurus |
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| †Placopleurus primus Brough, 1939 | |
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