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Paracentrophorus madagascariensis fossil (type specimen) | |
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Genus: | †Paracentrophorus Piveteau, 1940
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†P. madagascariensis Piveteau, 1940
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Paracentrophorus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Induan age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Madagascar.[1][2] The type species is Paracentrophorus madagascariensis (monotypy).
Paracentrophorus is classified as a neopterygian. According to Jean Piveteau, it belongs to Semionotidae.[3]