| Plectocretacicus Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | †Plectocretacicidae Tyler & Sorbini, 1996 |
| Genus: | †Plectocretacicus Sorbini, 1979 |
| Species: | †P. clarae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Plectocretacicus clarae Sorbini, 1979 | |
Plectocretacicus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian epoch. It contains a single species, P. clarae. Plectocretacicus may be the earliest known member of the order Tetraodontiformes.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Plectocretacicus | |
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