Caturus retrodorsalis Sauvage 1891 (bowfin)

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae

Full reference: H. E. Sauvage. 1891. Recherches sur les poissons du Lias supérieur de l'Yonne zône a ciment de Vassy. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Autun 4:59-81

Belongs to Caturus according to H. E. Sauvage 1891

Sister taxa: Caturus agassizi, Caturus angustus, Caturus branchiostegus, Caturus bucklandi, Caturus chaperi, Caturus chirotes, Caturus dartoni, Caturus elongatus, Caturus ferox, Caturus furcatus, Caturus heterurus, Caturus latipennis, Caturus latus, Caturus macrodus, Caturus macrurus, Caturus maximus, Caturus meyeri, Caturus microchirus, Caturus nuchalis, Caturus pachyurus, Caturus pleiodus, Caturus porteri, Caturus similis, Caturus stenospondylus, Caturus stenoura, Uraeus pachyurus, Uraeus macrurus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sainte-Colombe (Musée de Semur-en-Auxois coll), which is in a Falciferum marine marl in France

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: found only at Sainte-Colombe (Musée de Semur-en-Auxois coll)

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