''Vinctifer'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric

bony fish Osteichthyes ( ; ), also known as osteichthyans or commonly referred to as the bony fish, is a Biodiversity, diverse clade of vertebrate animals that have endoskeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. They can be contrasted with the Chondricht ...

erected by

David Starr Jordan David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Prior to serving as president of Stanford Universi ...

in 1919.

Fossil record

This genus is known in the fossil record from the

Late Jurassic The Late Jurassic is the third Epoch (geology), epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time scale, geologic time from 161.5 ± 1.0 to 143.1 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic stratum, strata.Owen ...

(

Kimmeridgian In the geologic timescale, the Kimmeridgian is an age in the Late Jurassic Epoch and a stage in the Upper Jurassic Series. It spans the time between 154.8 ±0.8 Ma and 149.2 ±0.7 Ma (million years ago). The Kimmeridgian follows the Oxfordian ...

) to the

Aptian The Aptian is an age (geology), age in the geologic timescale or a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous, Early or Lower Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), S ...

stage of the

Early Cretaceous The Early Cretaceous (geochronology, geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphy, chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous. It is usually considered to stretch from 143.1 ...

epoch (age range: from 150.8 to 109.0 million years ago.).Sepkoski, Jack (2002
A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
Bulletins of American Paleontology Fossils within this genus have been found in the Marizal, Romualdo and

Missão Velha Formation The Missão Velha Formation is a Jurassic, late Jurassic geologic geologic formation, formation in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin where the states of Pernambuco, Piauí and Ceará come together. The formation is the middle stratigraphic unit ...

s of Brazil, Tlayua Formation of Mexico, Apón Formation of Venezuela and Nordenskjöld Formation of Antarctica.''Vinctifer''
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Species

Three species have been described:"Genus ''Vinctifer'' †"
''BioLib''. * ''Vinctifer comptoni'' * ''Vinctifer ferrusquiai'' * ''Vinctifer longirostris''

References

Aspidorhynchiformes Late Jurassic fish Early Cretaceous fish Mesozoic fish of North America Cretaceous Mexico Fossils of Mexico Prehistoric fish of South America Cretaceous Brazil Fossils of Brazil Cretaceous Venezuela Fossils of Venezuela Prehistoric fish of Antarctica Jurassic Antarctica Fossils of Antarctica Fossil taxa described in 1919 Taxa named by David Starr Jordan {{Cretaceous-fish-stub