Vinctifer Temporal range: Jurassic - Aptian |
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Fossil of Vinctifer comptoni | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Aspidorhynchiformes |
Family: | Aspidorhynchidae |
Genus: |
Vinctifer Jordan, 1919 |
Vinctifer is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Jurassic to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch (age range: from 150.8 to 109.0 million years ago.). Fossil within this genus have been found in Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela and Antarctica.