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
- â A. alticorpus <small>Forey et al., 2003</small> from Namoura and Hakel, of the Sannine Formation in Lebanon.
- â A. brevissimus <small>(Blainville, 1818)</small>, the type species, from the Cenomanian of Lebanon (Hakel and Hajula in the Sannine Formation), Italy (Sicily), Slovenia (Komen), and Germany (Hesseltal Formation). Type species.
- â A. carrenoae <small>Alvarado-Ortega et al., 2020</small> from the Albian Tlayua Formation of Mexico.
- â A. dalmaticus <small>Murray et al., 2016</small> from the Campanian deposits of Dalmatia, Croatia.
- â A. elatus <small>(Costa, 1850)</small> from the Albian Pietraroja Plattenkalk of Italy (=Histiurus elatus <small>Costa, 1850</small>)
- â A. felixi <small>Than-Marchese et al., 2022</small> from the Albian Tlayua Formation of Mexico.
- â A. namourensis <small>Forey et al., 2003</small> from Namoura, of the Sannine Formation in Lebanon.
- â A. oligodentatus <small>Vernygora and Murray, 2016</small> from the Cenomanian/early Turonian Akrabou Formation of Morocco.
- â A. plinii <small>Marramà& Carnevale, 2023</small> from the Albian Pietraroja Plattenkalk of Italy
- â A. simonettoi <small>Amalfitano et al., 2025</small> from the late HauterivianâÂÂearly Barremian Grivò Flysch of Italy
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