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Neoproscinetes

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Neoproscinetes
Temporal range: Aptian
~122–112 Ma
Fossil of Neoproscinetes penalvai at the Palaeontological Museum, Munich.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.[1]

Phylogeny

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Within Pycnodontidae, Neoproscinetes sits in the Proscinetinae subfamily, alongside Proscinetes, Thiollierepycnodus, Turboscinetes and Turbomesodon.[2] Both Neoproscinetes and Proscinetes are highly derived genera of pycnodonts.[3]

Proscinetinae

References

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  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.