Parnaibaia

Parnaibaia
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
~161.2–145.5 Ma
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Parnaibaia

Yabumoto 2008
Type species
Parnaibaia maranhaoensis
Yabumoto 2008

Parnaibaia is a genus of coelacanth fish which lived during the Late Jurassic period. Fossils of Parnaibaia have been found in the Pastos Bons Formation in Maranhão, Brazil. Parnaibaia was described for the first time by palaeontologist Yoshitaka Yabumoto in 2008.