Proscinetes

Proscinetes is an extinct genus of prehistoric pycnodontiform ray-finned fish from the Jurassic.^[1]

Life reconstruction of Proscinetes elegans

Proscinetes Temporal range: Tithonian ~149–145 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Proscinetes cf elegans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 the type genus to the subfamily Proscinetinae, whose only other known members are Neoproscinetes, Turbomesodon, Turboscinetes and Thiollierepycnodus.^[2][3]

Distribution

Fossils of the P. elegans and P. bernardi are both found in Southern Germany and in Cerin, France. P. itieri is also found in Cerin, and P. radiatus is found in Southern England.^[2]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish