Parawenzichthys
Parawenzichthys Temporal range: Turonian
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Genus: | †Parawenzichthys de Figueiredo, Gallo, & Delarmelina 2012
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†P. minor |
Parawenzichthys is an extinct genus of protacanthopterygian fish containing the single species Parawenzichthys minor, known from the Turonian age in the Pelotas Basin in southern Brazil.
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Further reading[]
- 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. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.009.
Categories:
- Argentiniformes
- Monotypic fish genera
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
- Cretaceous bony fish
- Late Cretaceous animals of South America
- Cretaceous Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Fossil taxa described in 2012
- Cretaceous fish stubs
- Argentiniformes stubs