Armigatus
Extinct genus of fishes
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Armigatus is an extinct genus of marine clupeomorph fishes belonging to the order Ellimmichthyiformes.[1] These fishes lived in the Cretaceous (Albian to Campanian, about 103-72 million years ago); their fossil remains have been found in Mexico, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, suggesting the genus ranged across the Tethys Sea.[2]
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| Fossil of A. brevissimus from Lebanon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Ellimmichthyiformes |
| Family: | †Armigatidae |
| Genus: | †Armigatus Grande, 1982 |
| Type species | |
| †Clupea brevissimus Blainville, 1818 | |
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Etymology
The Latin generic epithet Armigatus, means bearer of armor. The specific epithet 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.[3]
Species
- †A. alticorpus Forey et al., 2003[4][5] from Namoura and Hakel, of the Sannine Formation in Lebanon.
- †A. brevissimus (Blainville, 1818),[4] the type species, from the Cenomanian of Lebanon (Hakel and Hajula in the Sannine Formation), Italy (Sicily), Slovenia (Komen), and Germany (Hesseltal Formation). Type species.[6]
- †A. carrenoae Alvarado-Ortega et al., 2020 from the Albian Tlayua Formation of Mexico.[2]
- †A. dalmaticus Murray et al., 2016 from the Campanian deposits of Dalmatia, Croatia.[7]
- †A. elatus (Costa, 1850) from the Albian Pietraroja Plattenkalk of Italy (=Histiurus elatus Costa, 1850)[8]
- †A. felixi Than-Marchese et al., 2022 from the Albian Tlayua Formation of Mexico.[4]
- †A. namourensis Forey et al., 2003[4][5] from Namoura, of the Sannine Formation in Lebanon.
- †A. oligodentatus Vernygora and Murray, 2016[9] from the Cenomanian/early Turonian Akrabou Formation of Morocco.
- †A. plinii Marramà & Carnevale, 2023 from the Albian Pietraroja Plattenkalk of Italy[8]
- †A. simonettoi Amalfitano et al., 2025 from the late Hauterivian–early Barremian Grivò Flysch of Italy[10]
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