Parawenzichthys

Parawenzichthys
Temporal range: Turonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Argentiniformes
Family: Argentinidae
Genus:
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

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. Bibcode:2012CrRes..34..116D. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.009.