Vinctifer
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Fossil of Vinctifer comptoni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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.
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]
Three species have been described:[4]
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