Vinctifer

Vinctifer is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish erected by David Starr Jordan in 1919.

Vinctifer
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian-Aptian
~150.8–109.0 Ma
Fossil of Vinctifer comptoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Aspidorhynchiformes
Family: †Aspidorhynchidae
Genus: †Vinctifer
Jordan, 1919
Vinctifer comptoni

Fossil record

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 Ameghino Formation of Antarctica.[1][2]

Species

Three species have been described:[3]

  • Vinctifer comptoni Agassiz 1834
  • Vinctifer ferrusquiai Cantalice, Alvarado-Ortega & Brito 2018
  • Vinctifer longirostris Silva Santos 1972
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References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera Bulletins of American Paleontology
  2. Vinctifer at Fossilworks.org
  3. "Genus Vinctifer †". BioLib.


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