Parawenzichthys
| Parawenzichthys Temporal range: Turonian
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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.