Vinctifer | |
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Fossil of Vinctifer comptoni | |
Scientific classification
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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]