Proscinetes

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Proscinetes
Temporal range: Tithonian
~149–145 Ma
Proscinetes cf elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

Distribution

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Fossils of the P. elegans and P. bernardi are both found in Southern Germany and in Cerin, France. P. itieri is also found in Cerin, and P. radiatus is found in Southern England.[2]

See also

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