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Extinct genus of fishes

Armigatus
Temporal range: Albian - Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of A. brevissimus from Lebanon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Ellimmichthyiformes
Family: †Armigatidae
Genus: †Armigatus
Grande, 1982
Type species
†Clupea brevissimus
Blainville, 1818
Species

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Armigatus is an extinct genus of marine clupeomorph fishes belonging to the order Ellimmichthyiformes. 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.

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.

Species

References

  1. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  2. ^ Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús; Than-Marchese, Bruno Andrés; Melgarejo-Damián, María del Pilar (2020). "On the Albian occurrence of Armigatus (Teleostei, Clupeomorpha) in America, a new species from the Tlayúa Lagerstätte, Mexico". Palaeontologia Electronica. doi:10.26879/1107. ISSN 1935-3952.
  3. Grande, L., 1982: A revision of the fossil genus †Diplomystus, with comments on the interrelationships of clupeomorph fishes. American Museum Novitiates 2728: 1–34.
  4. ^ Than-Marchese, Bruno Andrés; Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús (2022-10-01). "Armigatus felixi sp. nov. An Albian double armored herring (Clupeomorpha, Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Tlayúa lagerstätte, Mexico". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 118: 103905. Bibcode:2022JSAES.11803905T. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103905. ISSN 0895-9811.
  5. Amalfitano, Jacopo; Giusberti, Luca; Fornaciari, Eliana; Carnevale, Giorgio (2020-04-03). "UPPER CENOMANIAN FISHES FROM THE BONARELLI LEVEL (OAE2) OF NORTHEASTERN ITALY". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 126 (2). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/13224. ISSN 2039-4942.
  6. ^ Marramà, Giuseppe; Carnevale, Giorgio (2023). "Double-armoured herrings (Clupeomorpha: Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Pietraroja (Southern Italy)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 21 (1). doi:10.1080/14772019.2023.2181109. ISSN 1477-2019.
  7. ^ Forey, Peter L.; Yi, Lu; Patterson, Colin; Davies, Cliff E. (2003-01). "Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 1 (4): 227–330. doi:10.1017/s147720190300107x. ISSN 1477-2019.
  8. VERNYGORA, OKSANA; MURRAY, ALISON M. (January 2016). "A New Species of Armigatus (Clupeomorpha, Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, and ITS Phylogenetic Relationships". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (1): e1031342. doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.1031342. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 24740222. S2CID 86230107.
  9. Murray, Alison M.; Vernygora, Oksana; Japundžić, Sanja; Radovčić, Jakov; Wilson, Mark V. H.; Bardack, David; Grande, Terry (2016-11-01). "Relationships of the species of Armigatus (Clupeomorpha, Ellimmichthyiformes) and the description of a new species from the Cretaceous of Dalmatia, Croatia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (6): e1226851. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1226851. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 89072541.
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