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

• Armigatus brevissimus (Blaineville, 1818),^[3] the type species, from Heckel and Hajula of the Sannine Formation in Lebanon.
• Armigatus namourensis (Forey et al., 2003)^[3][4] from Namoura, of the Sannine Formation in Lebanon.
• Armigatus alticorpus (Forey et al., 2003)^[3][4] from Namoura and Hakel, of the Sannine Formation in Lebanon.
• Armigatus oligodentatus (Vernygora and Murray, 2016)^[5] from the Cenomanian/early Turonian Akrabou Formation of Morocco.
• Armigatus dalmaticus (Murray et al., 2016) from the Campanian deposits of Dalmatia, Croatia.^[6]
• Armigatus carrenoae (Alvarado-Ortega et al., 2020) from the Albian Tlayua Formation of Mexico.^[1]
• Armigatus felixi (Than-Marchese et al., 2022) from the Albian Tlayua Formation of Mexico.^[3]

References

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