Plectocretacicus
Appearance
Plectocretacicus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | †Plectocretacicidae Tyler & Sorbini, 1996[2] |
Genus: | †Plectocretacicus Sorbini, 1979 |
Species: | †P. clarae
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Binomial name | |
†Plectocretacicus clarae Sorbini, 1979
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Plectocretacicus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian epoch.[1] It contains a single species, P. clarae. Plectocretacicus may be the earliest known member of the order Tetraodontiformes.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.