Armigatus

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Armigatus
Temporal range: Hauterivian/Barremian to Campanian
Fossil of A. brevissimus from Lebanon
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ellimmichthyiformes
Family: Armigatidae
Genus: Armigatus
Grande, 1982
Type species
Clupea brevissimus
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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]

The Latin generic epithet Armigatus, means bearer of armor. The specific epithet brevissimus signifies "shortest, smallest".

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