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Caturus heterurus

Osteichthyes - Caturidae

Taxonomy
Pachycormus heterurus was named by Agassiz (1839).

It was recombined as Caturus heterurus by Woodward (1895).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. driani, C. tenuidens, C. woodwardi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Pachycormus heterurus Agassiz figs. Pl 58a, figs 4,5
1843Pachycormus heterurus Agassiz p. 113
1895Caturus heterurus Woodward p. 339 figs. Pl. IX.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
familyCaturidaeOwen 1860
genusCaturus
speciesheterurus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Caturus heterurus Agassiz 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Pachycormus heterurus (122153 122154 122155)