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