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

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See also

References

  1. 1 2 Fossilworks
  2. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera Bulletins of American Paleontology
  3. Biolib
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