''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
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. Fossils of this genus range from 200 to 109 mya. It has been suggested that the genus is non-
monophyletic
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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''
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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''
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Caturus heterurus''
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Caturus insignis''
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Caturus latipennis''
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Caturus porteri''
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Caturus retrodorsalis''
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Caturus stenospondylus''
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Caturus stenoura''
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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 ...
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Distribution
This genus is present in the
Cretaceous of
Germany,
Japan
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,
Spain,
Tunisia, the
United Kingdom, from the
Jurassic to
Cretaceous of
France and the
Permian of
China
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References
Paleobiology DatabaseSepkoski's Online Genus Database
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Amiiformes
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Fossil taxa described in 1843
Taxa named by Louis Agassiz