Paravinciguerria

Paravinciguerria
Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Genus: Paravinciguerria

Paravinciguerria is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony and ray-finned fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian, an age within the Cretaceous period.[1] It is one of the first known genera is the order Stomiiformes.

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References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.


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