| Paraprefica Temporal range: Middle Eocene
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| Fossil from Messel, Germany | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Nyctibiiformes |
| Family: | Nyctibiidae |
| Subfamily: | †Parapreficinae Costa, Silviera, James, Posso & Donatelli, 2021 |
| Genus: | †Paraprefica G. Mayr, 2005 |
| Type species | |
| Paraprefica major | |
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Paraprefica is an extinct genus of potoo (family Nyctibiidae) from the middle Eocene (c. 48 million years ago). Its fossil remains have been found in the Messel pit at Messel, Germany.