†suborder Caturoidei Owen 1860 (bowfin)

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes

Alternative spelling: Caturoidea

Parent taxon: Amiiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Nelson et al. 2016 and Tan and Jin 2013

Sister taxa: Ainia, Amioidea, Amioidei, Eusemius, Ionoscopidae, Otomitla

Subtaxa: Caturidae Gymnoichthys

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), France (2), Germany (1), Japan (1), Spain (4), Tunisia (5), the United Kingdom (5), United States (12: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of France (3)

• Jurassic of Argentina (1), France (8), Germany (2), Portugal (4), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (1: South Dakota)

• Triassic of Austria (1), China (2), Spain (3), United States (1: Texas)

• Permian of China (1)

Total: 66 collections including 79 occurrences

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