Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Caturidae
Alternative combination: Conodus ferox
Belongs to Caturus according to A. S. Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Caturus agassizi, Caturus angustus, Caturus branchiostegus, Caturus bucklandi, Caturus chaperi, Caturus chirotes, Caturus contractus, Caturus cyprinoides, Caturus dartoni, Caturus deani, Caturus elongatus, Caturus furcatus, Caturus grannulatus, Caturus heterurus, Caturus latidens, Caturus latipennis, Caturus latus, Caturus macrodus, Caturus macrurus, Caturus maximus, Caturus meyeri, Caturus microchirus, Caturus nuchalis, Caturus obovatus, Caturus pachyurus, Caturus pleiodus, Caturus porteri, Caturus purbeckensis, Caturus retrodorsalis, Caturus similis, Caturus stenospondylus, Caturus stenoura, Caturus tarraconensis, Caturus tenuidens, Uraeus pachyurus, Uraeus macrurus
Type specimen: BMNH P.3643, a skeleton. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Enniskillen collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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