Vinctifer
Vinctifer | |
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Fossil of Vinctifer comptoni | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Aspidorhynchiformes |
Family: | Aspidorhynchidae |
Genus: | Vinctifer Jordan, 1919 |
Species: |
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Vinctifer comptoni
Vinctifer is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.
Fossil record
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch (age range: from 150.8 to 109.0 million years ago.).[1] Fossil within this genus have been found in the Marizal, Romualdo and Missão Velha Formations of Brazil, Tlayua Formation of Mexico, Apón Formation of Venezuela and Ameghino Formation of Antarctica.[1][2]
Species
Three species have been described:[3]
- Vinctifer comptoni Agassiz 1834
- Vinctifer ferrusquiai Cantalice, Alvarado-Ortega & Brito 2018
- Vinctifer longirostris Silva Santos 1972
See also
References
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera Bulletins of American Paleontology
- ↑ Vinctifer at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Biolib
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