Armigatus

Armigatus; Temporal range: Cenomanian - Turonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Fossil of Armigatus brevissimus from Lebanon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Superorder:	Clupeomorpha
Order:	Ellimmichthyiformes †
Genus:	Armigatus †; Grande, 1982

Armigatus is an extinct genus of clupeomorph fishes belonging to the order Ellimmichthyiformes. These fishes lived in the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian / Turonian, about 95-90 million years ago); their fossil remains have been found in the Middle East and North Africa.

Etymology

The Latin genus name armigatus, means bearer of armor. Brevissimus signifies "shortest, smallest".

Description

Armigatus has an osteoglossid-like tooth patch, a large foramen in the anterior ceratohyal and a series of subtriangular dorsal scutes, giving rise to their scientific name.[1]

Bibliography

Forey, P. L., L. Yi, C. Patterson, and C. E. Davies. 2003. Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1:227–330.
Vernygora, O. and Murray, M. 2016. A New Species of Armigatus (Clupeomorpha, Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, and Its Phylogenetic Relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(1): e1031342

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References

Grande, L., 1982: A revision of the fossil genus †Diplomystus, with comments on the interrelationships of clupeomorph fishes. American Museum Novitiates 2728: 1–34.

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[1] Grande, L., 1982: A revision of the fossil genus †Diplomystus, with comments on the interrelationships of clupeomorph fishes. American Museum Novitiates 2728: 1–34.