Biology:Proscinetes

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Proscinetes
Temporal range: Tithonian
~149–145 Ma
Proscinetes cf elegans.jpg
Proscinetes cf elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Subfamily:
Proscinetinae
Genus:
Proscinetes
Species
  • P. elegans
  • P. bernardi
  • P. itieri
  • P. radiatus
Synonyms

Microdon Agassiz (1833)
Polypsephis Hay (1899)

Proscinetes is an extinct genus of prehistoric pycnodontiform ray-finned fish from the Jurassic.[1]

Life reconstruction of Proscinetes elegans

Proscinetes is the type genus to the subfamily Proscinetinae, whose only other known members are Neoproscinetes, Turbomesodon, Turboscinetes and Thiollierepycnodus.[2][3]

Distribution

Fossils of the P. elegans and P. bernardi are both found in Southern Germany and in Cerin, France. P. itieri is also found in Cerin, and P. radiatus is found in Southern England.[2]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

Wikidata ☰ Q41157494 entry