Proscinetes elegans Agassiz 1833 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Alternative combination: Microdon elegans

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (1re livraison) 1-48

Belongs to Proscinetes according to Gistl 1848

See also Agassiz 1833 and Agassiz 1843

Sister taxa: Proscinetes bassanii, Proscinetes bernardi, Proscinetes egertoni, Proscinetes radiatus, Proscinetes wagneri

Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll) (Jurassic of Germany)

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