Vinctifer
Vinctifer is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish erected by David Starr Jordan in 1919.
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| Fossil of Vinctifer comptoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Aspidorhynchiformes |
| Family: | †Aspidorhynchidae |
| Genus: | †Vinctifer Jordan, 1919 |
Vinctifer comptoni
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] Fossils 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
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera Bulletins of American Paleontology
- Vinctifer at Fossilworks.org
- "Genus Vinctifer †". BioLib.
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