Neoproscinetes

Neoproscinetes
Temporal range: Aptian
~122–112 Ma
Fossil of Neoproscinetes penalvai at the Palaeontological Museum, Munich.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Pycnodontiformes
Family: †Pycnodontidae
Subfamily: †Proscinetinae
Genus: †Neoproscinetes
Santos 1990
Species
  • P. penalvai Santos 1990
Fossil in the Museo di Geologia di Castell'arquato

Neoproscinetes is a genus of extinct pycnodontid fish from the Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil. Fossils of this species have also been discovered in the Riachuelo Formation.

Phylogeny

Within Pycnodontidae, Neoproscinetes sits in the Proscinetinae subfamily, alongside Proscinetes, Thiollierepycnodus, Turboscinetes and Turbomesodon. Both Neoproscinetes and Proscinetes are highly derived genera of pycnodonts.

Proscinetinae

References

  1. ↑ Voltani, Cibele (2011). "O ACERVO PALEOICTIOLÓGICO DO APTIANO-ALBIANO DA FORMAÇÃO SANTANA (BACIA DO ARARIPE), EXISTENTE NAS COLEÇÕES DO MUSEU DE PALEONTOLOGIA E ESTRATIGRAFIA "PAULO MILTON BARBOSA LANDIM", DGA - IGCE - UNESP RIO CLARO" (PDF). Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas.
  2. ↑ Ebert, Martin (2020). "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.
  3. ↑ Poyato-Ariza, Francisco (2015). "Studies on Pycnodontid fishes (I): Evaluation of their phylogenetic position among actinopterygians". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 121 (3): 329–343.