Plectocretacicus

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.

Plectocretacicus
Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Tetraodontiformes
Family:
Plectocretacicidae

Tyler & Sorbini, 1996[2]
Genus:
Plectocretacicus

Sorbini, 1979
Species:
P. clarae
Binomial name
Plectocretacicus clarae
Sorbini, 1979

See also

References
  1. 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: 1โ€“59.
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