Plectocretacicus

Plectocretacicus; Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	†Plectocretacicidae; Tyler & Sorbini, 1996
Genus:	†Plectocretacicus; Sorbini, 1979
Species:	†P. clarae
Binomial name
	†Plectocretacicus clarae; Sorbini, 1979

Plectocretacicus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian epoch. It contains a single species, P. clarae. Plectocretacicus may be the earliest known member of the order Tetraodontiformes.

References

1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
↑ Tyler, James C.; Sorbini, Lorenzo (1996). "New Superfamily and Three New Families of Tetraodontiform Fishes from the Upper Cretaceous: The Earliest and Most Morphologically Primitive Plectognaths" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 82 (82): 1–59. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.82.1.

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[sepkoskidb-1] 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.

[TylerSorbini1996-2] Tyler, James C.; Sorbini, Lorenzo (1996). "New Superfamily and Three New Families of Tetraodontiform Fishes from the Upper Cretaceous: The Earliest and Most Morphologically Primitive Plectognaths" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 82 (82): 1–59. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.82.1.

Plectocretacicus

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