Caturus Agassiz 1834 (bowfin)

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae

Invalid subtaxa: Conodus Agassiz 1843, Ditaxiodus Owen 1866, Endactis Egerton 1858, Strobilodus Wagner 1851, Thlattodus Owen 1866, Uraeus Agassiz 1832 [replaced name]

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1834. Abgerissene Bemerkungen über fossile Fische. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1834:379-390

Parent taxon: Caturidae according to J. Cartanyà 1999

See also Agassiz 1834, Beltan 1984, Delsate 1997, Gardiner 1960, Owen 1859, Rayner 1948, Schaeffer and Patterson 1984, Sepkoski 2002, White and Moy-Thomas 1940 and Woodward 1895

Sister taxon: Kahamachli

Subtaxa: Caturus agassizi Caturus angustus Caturus branchiostegus Caturus bucklandi Caturus chaperi Caturus chirotes Caturus dartoni Caturus elongatus Caturus ferox Caturus furcatus Caturus heterurus Caturus latipennis Caturus latus Caturus macrodus Caturus macrurus Caturus maximus Caturus meyeri Caturus microchirus Caturus nuchalis Caturus pachyurus Caturus pleiodus Caturus porteri Caturus retrodorsalis Caturus similis Caturus stenospondylus Caturus stenoura Uraeus macrurus Uraeus pachyurus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), Spain (2), Tunisia (5), the United Kingdom (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of France (3)

• Jurassic of France (7), Germany (2), Portugal (4), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (1: South Dakota)

• Triassic of Austria (1), Spain (3), United States (1: Texas)

• Permian of China (1)

Total: 42 collections including 52 occurrences

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