Fish
Vinctifer
Santana fish
Vinctifer comptoni is the long, armoured, needle-nosed fish preserved three-dimensionally in Romualdo Formation concretions from the Araripe Basin, Brazil. Nodules with Vinctifer were exported in huge numbers before enforcement tightened; today they carry the same legal cloud as all Brazilian fossils. Their preservation, with scales and bone in the round, is unmatched.
| Phylum | Chordata |
|---|---|
| Class | Actinopterygii |
| Order | Aspidorhynchiformes |
| Family | Aspidorhynchidae |
| Group | Fish |
| Rank (PBDB) | genus· Paleobiology Database |
| Classification (PBDB) | Chordata › Osteichthyes › Aspidorhynchiformes › Aspidorhynchidae· Paleobiology Database |
| Range (PBDB) | 162–100 Ma· Paleobiology Database |
| PBDB occurrences | 16· Paleobiology Database |
Photographs
Elsewhere
- GBIF: 4838876
- PBDB: 35306
- Wikidata: Q7932300
- PBDB taxon page
- Wikipedia: Vinctifer
- PBDB search: Vinctifer
Cite this article
Stratum Strata. "Vinctifer" (Taxon). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/vinctifer. Accessed 2026-09-21.
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