Neoproscinetes
| Neoproscinetes Temporal range: Aptian ~ | |
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| Fossil of Neoproscinetes penalvai at the Palaeontological Museum, Munich. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
| Family: | †Pycnodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Proscinetinae |
| Genus: | †Neoproscinetes Santos 1990 |
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Neoproscinetes is a genus of extinct pycnodontid fish from the Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil. Fossils of this species have also been discovered in the Riachuelo Formation.[1]
Phylogeny
Within Pycnodontidae, Neoproscinetes sits in the Proscinetinae subfamily, alongside Proscinetes, Thiollierepycnodus, Turboscinetes and Turbomesodon.[2] Both Neoproscinetes and Proscinetes are highly derived genera of pycnodonts.[3]
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References
- ^ Voltani, Cibele (2011). "O ACERVO PALEOICTIOLÓGICO DO APTIANO-ALBIANO DA FORMAÇÃO SANTANA (BACIA DO ARARIPE), EXISTENTE NAS COLEÇÕES DO MUSEU DE PALEONTOLOGIA E ESTRATIGRAFIA "PAULO MILTON BARBOSA LANDIM", DGA - IGCE - UNESP RIO CLARO" (PDF). Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas.
- ^ Ebert, Martin (2020). "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.
- ^ Poyato-Ariza, Francisco (2015). "Studies on Pycnodontid fishes (I): Evaluation of their phylogenetic position among actinopterygians". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 121 (3): 329–343.
