Parnaibaia
(Redirected from Parnaibaia maranhaoensis)
| Parnaibaia Temporal range: Late Jurassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Mawsoniidae |
| Genus: | †Parnaibaia Yabumoto 2008 |
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| †Parnaibaia maranhaoensis Yabumoto, 2008
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Parnaibaia is a genus of coelacanth fish which lived during the Late Jurassic period. Parnaibaia fossils have been found in the Pastos Bons Formation in Maranhão, Brazil. Parnaibaia was described for the first time by palaeontologist Yoshitaka Yabumoto in 2008.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Yabumoto, Yoshitaka (2008). "A new Mesozoic coelacanth from Brazil (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia)". Paleontological Research. 12 (4): 329–343. doi:10.2517/prpsj.12.329. S2CID 86403064.
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