Plectocretacicus
Plectocretacicus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian.[1] It contains a single species, P. clarae. Plectocretacicus is the earliest known member of the order Tetraodontiformes.
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| Class: | Actinopterygii |
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| Family: | Plectocretacicidae Tyler & Sorbini, 1996[2] |
| Genus: | Plectocretacicus Sorbini, 1979 |
| Species: | P. clarae |
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| Plectocretacicus clarae Sorbini, 1979 | |
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- 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: 1โ59.
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