Parawenzichthys
Appearance
Parawenzichthys Temporal range: Turonian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Argentiniformes |
Family: | Argentinidae |
Genus: | †Parawenzichthys de Figueiredo, Gallo, & Delarmelina 2012 |
Type species | |
†P. minor |
Parawenzichthys is an extinct genus of protacanthopterygian fish containing the single species Parawenzichthys minor, known from the Turonian age Atlântida Formation in the Pelotas Basin in southern Brazil.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- de Figueiredo, F.J.; Gallo, V.; Delarmelina, A.F.P. (2012). "A new protacanthopterygian fish from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) of the Pelotas Basin, southern Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 34: 116–123. Bibcode:2012CrRes..34..116D. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.009.