Caturus retrodorsalis Sauvage 1891 (bowfin)

Osteichthyes - 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 contractus, Caturus cyprinoides, Caturus dartoni, Caturus deani, Caturus elongatus, Caturus ferox, 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 similis, Caturus stenospondylus, Caturus stenoura, Caturus tarraconensis, Caturus tenuidens, Uraeus macrurus, Uraeus pachyurus

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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