Proscinetes is an extinct genus of prehistoric pycnodontiform ray-finned fish from the Jurassic.[1]
| Proscinetes Temporal range: Tithonian ~ | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
| Family: | †Pycnodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Proscinetinae |
| Genus: | †Proscinetes Gistel, 1848 |
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Proscinetes is the type genus to the subfamily Proscinetinae, whose only other known members are Neoproscinetes, Turbomesodon, Turboscinetes and Thiollierepycnodus.[2][3]
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References
edit- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- 1 2 Ebert, Martin (2013). "The Pycnodontidae (Actinopterygii) in the late Jurassic: 1) he genus Proscinetes Gistel, 1848 in the Solnhofen Archipelago (Germany) and Cerin (France)". Archaeopteryx – via Research Gate.
- ↑ Ebert, Martin (2019). "A new genus of Pycnodontidae (Actinopterygii) from the Upper Jurassic of France and Germany, included in a phylogeny of Pycnodontiformes". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 188 (2): 434–454.
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