Proscinetes

Proscinetes
Temporal range: Tithonian
~149–145 Ma
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Proscinetes cf elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Pycnodontiformes
Family: †Pycnodontidae
Subfamily: †Proscinetinae
Genus: †Proscinetes
Gistel, 1848
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]

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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  3. ^ Ebert, Martin (2019). "A new genus of Pycnodontidae (Actinopterygii) from the Upper Jurassic of France and Germany, included in a phylogeny of Pycnodontiformes". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 188 (2): 434–454.