Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes - Armigatidae

Full reference: O. Vernygora and A. M. Murray. 2015. A new species of Armigatus (Clupeomorpha, Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, and its phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(e1031342)

Belongs to Armigatus according to A. M. Murray et al. 2016

See also Vernygora and Murray 2015

Sister taxa: Armigatus alticorpus, Armigatus brevissimus, Armigatus carrenoae, Armigatus dalmaticus, Armigatus elatus, Armigatus namourensis, Armigatus plinii, Histiurus

Type specimen: UALVP 51679, a skeleton. Its type locality is Agoult (UALVP collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Akrabou Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Agoult (UALVP collection)

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