Proscinetes

Proscinetes
Temporal range: Tithonian
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Proscinetes cf elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Pycnodontiformes
Family: †Pycnodontidae
Subfamily: †Proscinetinae
Genus: †Proscinetes
Gistel, 1848
Species
  • P. elegans
  • P. bernardi
  • P. itieri
  • P. radiatus
Synonyms
  • Microdon Agassiz (1833)
  • Polypsephis Hay (1899)

Proscinetes is an extinct genus of prehistoric pycnodontiform ray-finned fish from the Jurassic.

Life reconstruction of Proscinetes elegans

Proscinetes is the type genus to the subfamily Proscinetinae, whose only other known members are Neoproscinetes, Turbomesodon, Turboscinetes and Thiollierepycnodus.