| Neoproscinetes Temporal range: Aptian ~122–112 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Fossil of Neoproscinetes penalvai at the Palaeontological Museum, Munich. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
| Family: | †Pycnodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Proscinetinae |
| Genus: | †Neoproscinetes Santos 1990 |
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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.
Phylogeny
Within Pycnodontidae, Neoproscinetes sits in the Proscinetinae subfamily, alongside Proscinetes, Thiollierepycnodus, Turboscinetes and Turbomesodon. Both Neoproscinetes and Proscinetes are highly derived genera of pycnodonts.
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References
- Voltani, Cibele (2011). "O ACERVO PALEOICTIOLÓGICO DO APTIANO-ALBIANO DA FORMAÇÃO SANTANA (BACIA DO ARARIPE), EXISTENTE NAS COLEÇÕES DO MUSEU DE PALEONTOLOGIA E ESTRATIGRAFIA "PAULO MILTON BARBOSA LANDIM", DGA - IGCE - UNESP RIO CLARO" (PDF). Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas.
- Ebert, Martin (2020). "A new genus of Pycnodontidae (Actinopterygii) from the Upper Jurassic of France and Germany, included in a phylogeny of Pycnodontiformes". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 188 (2): 434–454.
- Poyato-Ariza, Francisco (2015). "Studies on Pycnodontid fishes (I): Evaluation of their phylogenetic position among actinopterygians". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 121 (3): 329–343.
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