Neoproscinetes

Neoproscinetes is a genus of extinct pycnodontid fish from the Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil. Fossils of this species have also been discovered in the Riachuelo Formation.^[1]

Neoproscinetes Temporal range: Aptian ~122–112 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Neoproscinetes penalvai at the Palaeontological Museum, Munich.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Pycnodontiformes
Family:	†Pycnodontidae
Subfamily:	†Proscinetinae
Genus:	†Neoproscinetes Santos 1990
Species
P. penalvai Santos 1990

Fossil in the Museo di Geologia di Castell'arquato

Phylogeny

Within Pycnodontidae, Neoproscinetes sits in the Proscinetinae subfamily, alongside Proscinetes, Thiollierepycnodus, Turboscinetes and Turbomesodon.^[2] Both Neoproscinetes and Proscinetes are highly derived genera of pycnodonts.^[3]

Proscinetinae	Proscinetes? radiatus Proscinetini Proscinetes bernardi Proscinete elegans Neoproscinetes penalvei Thiollierepycnodus wagneri Turboscinetes egertoni Turbomesodon regelans Turbomesodon bernissartensis Turbomesodon praeclarus