Biology:Armigatus

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Armigatus
Temporal range: Albian - Turonian
Ellimmichthyiformes - Armigatus brevissimus.JPG
Fossil of Armigatus brevissimus from Lebanon
Scientific classification
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Clupeomorpha
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Armigatus

Grande, 1982
Type species
Armigatus brevissimus
Blainville, 1818
Other species

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Armigatus is an extinct genus of clupeomorph fishes belonging to the order Ellimmichthyiformes. These fishes lived in the Cretaceous (Albian to Turonian, about 103-90 million years ago); their fossil remains have been found in Mexico, Croatia, the Middle East and North Africa, suggesting the genus ranged across the Tethys Sea.[1]

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.[2]

Species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346026612. 
  2. Grande, L., 1982: A revision of the fossil genus †Diplomystus, with comments on the interrelationships of clupeomorph fishes. American Museum Novitiates 2728: 1–34.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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" (in en). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 118: 103905. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103905. ISSN 0895-9811. Bibcode2022JSAES.11803905T. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895981122001948. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 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.
  5. 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. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24740222. 
  6. 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2017.1226851. 

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