Caturidae is an extinct
family of fishes belonging to the order
Amiiformes (which contains the modern
bowfin
The bowfin (''Amia calva'') is a bony fish, native to North America. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, grindle, grinnel, swamp trout, and choupique. It is regarded as a relict, being the sole surviving species of the Halecomorphi ...
) which ranges from the
Jurassic (possibly
Triassic) to
Cretaceous. Members of the family include ''
Caturus
''Caturus'' (from el, κατω , 'down' and el, οὐρά 'tail') is an extinct genus of fishes in the family Caturidae in the order Amiiformes, related to modern bowfin. Fossils of this genus range from 200 to 109 mya. It has been suggested ...
'', ''
Strobilodus,
Amblysemius,'' and ''
Catutoichthys''.
References
Biolib Paleobiology Database
Amiiformes
Prehistoric ray-finned fish families
Middle Triassic first appearances
Late Cretaceous extinctions
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