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Caturus ✝
Description | Caturus is an extinct genus of fishes in the family Caturidae. Fossils of this genus range from 254.0 to 109 mya. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caturus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Amiiformes : Caturidae : Caturus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Amiiformes : Caturidae : Caturus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Caturus Agassiz, 1834 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | N. Jahrb. Min., 1834 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 105 - 100 Ma Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Amiiformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore, piscivore (based on Amiiformes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caturus |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Amiopsis dartoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caturus agassizi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Caturus chaperi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Caturus chirotes ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Caturus cliftoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caturus dartoni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Caturus ferox ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Caturus furcatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
Caturus giganteus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caturus heterurus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Caturus impar species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caturus insignis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Caturus latidens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caturus latipennis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Caturus porteri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Caturus retrodorsalis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Caturus smithwoodwardi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caturus stenospondylus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Caturus stenoura ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Caturus tenuidens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Caturus velifer species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Endactis agassizi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eugnathus chirotes species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eugnathus insignis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Strobilodus Wagner, 1851 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Amiiformes : Caturidae : Strobilodus |
Conodus Agassiz, 1843 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Amiiformes : Caturidae : Conodus |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1843 | Caturus Agassiz p. 174 |
1843 | Conodus Agassiz p. 174 |
1843 | Uraeus Agassiz p. 179 |
1851 | Strobilodus Wagner |
1858 | Endactis Egerton figs. Pl 4 |
1866 | Ditaxiodus Owen |
1866 | Thlattodus Owen |
1895 | Caturus Woodward p. 329 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1948 | Caturus Rayner p. 293 figs. 4-9; pl. 22, figs 46-48 |
1960 | Caturus Gardiner p. 293 |
1984 | Caturus Beltan p. 125 |
1984 | Caturus Schaeffer and Patterson p. 38 |
1997 | Caturus Delsate p. 129 |
1999 | Caturus Cartanyá p. 548 |
2002 | Caturus Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!