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Caturus latipennis

Actinopteri - Caturidae

Taxonomy
Pachycormus latipennis was named by Agassiz (1843). Its type specimen is BMNH P568, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Enniskillen collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

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

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Pachycormus latipennis Agassiz p. 114 figs. Pl 3
1858Pachycormus latipennis Egerton figs. Pl 3
1895Caturus latipennis Woodward p. 342

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
familyCaturidaeOwen 1860
genusCaturus
specieslatipennis()

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 latipennis Agassiz 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


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