Plectocretacicus

Plectocretacicus
Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Plectocretacicidae
Tyler & Sorbini, 1996[2]
Genus: Plectocretacicus
Sorbini, 1979
Species: P. clarae
Binomial name
Plectocretacicus clarae
Sorbini, 1979

Plectocretacicus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian.[1] It contains a single species, P. clarae. Plectocretacicus is the earliest known member of the order Tetraodontiformes.

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References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ↑ Tyler, James C.; Sorbini, Lorenzo (1996). "New Superfamily and Three New Families of Tetraodontiform Fishes from the Upper Cretaceous: The Earliest and Most Morphologically Primitive Plectognaths" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 82: 1–59.
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