Parnaibaia

Parnaibaia
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Sarcopterygii
Subclass: Actinistia
Order: Coelacanthiformes
Family: Mawsoniidae
Genus: 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 Maranhao, Brazil. Parnaibaia was described for the first time by palaeontologist Yoshitaka Yabumoto in 2008.

References

    • Yabumoto, Yoshitaka (2008). "A new Mesozoic coelacanth from Brazil (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia)". Paleontological Research. 12 (4): 329–343. doi:10.2517/prpsj.12.329.


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