''Caturus'' (from el, κατω , 'down' and el, οὐρά 'tail') is an extinct genus of fishes in the family

Caturidae Caturidae is an extinct family of fishes belonging to the order Amiiformes (which contains the modern bowfin) which ranges from the Jurassic (possibly Triassic) to Cretaceous. Members of the family include ''Caturus ''Caturus'' (from el, ...

in the order Amiiformes, related to 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 ...

. Fossils of this genus range from 200 to 109 mya. It has been suggested that the genus is non-

monophyletic In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...

with respect to other caturid genera.

Species

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Caturus agassizi ''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 ...

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Caturus chaperi ''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 ...

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Caturus chirotes ''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 ...

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Caturus dartoni ''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 ...

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Caturus ferox ''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 ...

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Caturus furcatus ''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 ...

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Caturus heterurus ''Caturus'' (from el, κατω , 'down' and el, οὐρά 'tail') is an extinct genus of fishes in the Family (biology), family Caturidae in the order Amiiformes, related to modern bowfin. Fossils of this genus range from 200 to 109 mya. It ha ...

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Caturus insignis ''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 ...

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Caturus latipennis ''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 ...

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Caturus porteri ''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 ...

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Caturus retrodorsalis ''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 ...

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Caturus stenospondylus ''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 ...

'' * '' Caturus stenoura'' * ''

Caturus velifer ''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 ...

Distribution

This genus is present in the Cretaceous of Germany,

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, Spain, Tunisia, the United Kingdom, from the Jurassic to Cretaceous of France and the Permian of

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References

Paleobiology DatabaseSepkoski's Online Genus Database
{{Taxonbar, from=Q16999499 Amiiformes Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Fossil taxa described in 1843 Taxa named by Louis Agassiz