Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae
Parent taxon: Amiiformes according to J. Cartanyá 1999
See also Cumbaa et al. 2006 and Delsate 1997
Sister taxa: Ainia, Amiidae, Amioidea, Amioidei, Aphanepygus, Caturoidea, Eusemius, Ionoscopus, Leedsichthys, Oligopleura, Otomitla, Palaeolabridae, Sinoeugnathus
Subtaxa: Caturus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), France (2), Germany (1), Japan (1), Spain (3), Tunisia (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Colorado)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of France (3)
• Jurassic of France (8), Germany (2), Portugal (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (1: South Dakota)
• Triassic of Austria (2), Spain (3), United States (1: Texas)
• Permian of China (1)
Total: 45 collections including 57 occurrences