Vinctifer
| Vinctifer Temporal range: Jurassic - Aptian | |
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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 |
Vinctifer is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.
Vinctifer comptoni
Fossil record
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Jurassic to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch (age range: from 150.8 to 109.0 million years ago.). Fossil within this genus have been found in Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela and Antarctica. [1][2]
Species
- Vinctifer comptoni (Agassiz, 1834)
- Vinctifer longirostris Silva Santos, 1972
See also
References
- 1 2 Fossilworks
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera Bulletins of American Paleontology
- ↑ Biolib
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