Caturus latidens Woodward 1918 (bowfin)

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Caturidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1918. The Fossil Fishes of the English Wealden and Purbeck Formations. Part II. Pages 49–104, Plates XI—XX. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society 70(336):49-104

Belongs to Caturus according to A. S. Woodward 1918

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 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 macrurus, Uraeus pachyurus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Caturus latidens in the database

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