Plectocretacicus
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| Family: | Plectocretacicidae Tyler & Sorbini, 1996[2]
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| Genus: | Plectocretacicus Sorbini, 1979
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| Species: | P. clarae
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| Plectocretacicus clarae Sorbini, 1979
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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
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ 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 (82): 1–59. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.82.1.
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