Neoproscinetes

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]

  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.