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Caturus retrodorsalis

Actinopteri - Caturidae

Taxonomy
Caturus retrodorsalis was named by Sauvage (1891). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sainte-Colombe (Musée de Semur-en-Auxois coll), which is in a Falciferum marine marl in France.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Caturus retrodorsalis Sauvage p. 79 figs. Pl 9

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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
speciesretrodorsalis

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 retrodorsalis Sauvage 1891
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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: Falciferum or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France Caturus retrodorsalis (type locality: 122734)