Vinctifer
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| Vinctifer | |
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| File:Aspidorhynchidae - Vinctifer comptoni.JPG | |
| Fossil of Vinctifer comptoni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Aspidorhynchiformes |
| Family: | †Aspidorhynchidae |
| Genus: | †Vinctifer Jordan, 1919 |
Vinctifer is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish erected by David Starr Jordan in 1919.
Fossil record
[edit | edit source]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 Nordenskjöld Formation of Antarctica.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit | edit source]Three species have been described:[4]
- Vinctifer comptoni Agassiz 1834
- Vinctifer ferrusquiai Cantalice, Alvarado-Ortega & Brito 2018
- Vinctifer longirostris Silva Santos 1972
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera Bulletins of American Paleontology
- ^ Vinctifer at Fossilworks.org
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- ^ "Genus Vinctifer †". BioLib.
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Categories:
- Aspidorhynchiformes
- Late Jurassic fish
- Early Cretaceous fish
- Mesozoic fish of North America
- Cretaceous Mexico
- Fossils of Mexico
- Prehistoric fish of South America
- Cretaceous Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Cretaceous Venezuela
- Fossils of Venezuela
- Prehistoric fish of Antarctica
- Jurassic Antarctica
- Fossils of Antarctica
- Fossil taxa described in 1919
- Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
- Prehistoric bony fish stubs