Parawenzichthys

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}

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| fossil_range = Turonian

| taxon = Parawenzichthys

| authority = 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

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal|last=de Figueiredo|first=F.J.|author2=Gallo, V. |author3=Delarmelina, A.F.P. |title=A new protacanthopterygian fish from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) of the Pelotas Basin, southern Brazil|journal=Cretaceous Research|year=2012|volume=34|pages=116–123|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.009|bibcode=2012CrRes..34..116D }}

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Category:Argentiniformes

Category:Monotypic prehistoric ray-finned fish genera

Category:Cretaceous bony fish

Category:Late Cretaceous fish of South America

Category:Cretaceous Brazil

Category:Fossils of Brazil

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2012

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