Vinctifer
Extinct genus of fishes
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Vinctifer is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish erected by David Starr Jordan in 1919.
| Vinctifer | |
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| Fossil of Vinctifer comptoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Aspidorhynchiformes |
| Family: | †Aspidorhynchidae |
| Genus: | †Vinctifer Jordan, 1919 |
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 Nordenskjöld Formation of Antarctica.[1][2][3]
