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Caturoidei

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes

Taxonomy
Caturoidea was named by Owen (1860).

It was reranked as the suborder Caturoidei by Nelson et al. (2016), van der Laan (2019).

It was assigned to Amiiformes by Tan and Jin (2013), Nelson et al. (2016), van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Caturoidea Owen
2013Caturoidea Tan and Jin p. 3
2016Caturoidei Nelson et al. p. 125
2019Caturoidei van der Laan p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
orderAmiiformesHay 1929
suborderCaturoidei(Owen 1860)
suborderCaturoidei(Owen 1860)

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.

Subor. †Caturoidei Owen 1860
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Fm. Caturidae Owen 1860
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G. †Caturus Agassiz 1834
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†Caturus agassizi Egerton 1858
†Caturus angustus Agassiz 1843
†Caturus branchiostegus Agassiz 1834
†Caturus bucklandi Agassiz 1843
†Caturus chaperi Sauvage 1883
†Caturus chirotes Agassiz 1842
†Caturus dartoni Eastman 1899
†Caturus elongatus Agassiz 1834
†Caturus ferox Agassiz 1844
†Caturus furcatus Agassiz 1834
†Caturus heterurus Agassiz 1839
†Caturus latipennis Agassiz 1843
†Caturus latus Muenster 1834
†Caturus macrodus Agassiz 1834
†Caturus macrurus Agassiz 1843
†Caturus maximus Agassiz 1834
†Caturus meyeri Agassiz 1843
†Caturus microchirus Agassiz 1834
†Caturus nuchalis Agassiz 1833
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Invalid names: Pachycormus furcatus Agassiz 1833 [synonym]
†Caturus pachyurus Agassiz 1843
†Caturus pleiodus Agassiz 1843
†Caturus porteri Rayner 1948
†Caturus retrodorsalis Sauvage 1891
†Caturus similis Agassiz 1837
†Caturus stenospondylus Sauvage 1875
†Caturus stenoura Sauvage 1875
Invalid names: Conodus Agassiz 1843 [synonym], Ditaxiodus Owen 1866 [synonym], Endactis Egerton 1858 [synonym], Strobilodus Wagner 1851 [synonym], Thlattodus Owen 1866 [synonym], Uraeus Agassiz 1832 [replaced]
G. †Kahamachli Malkani 2019
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†Kahamachli harrandlundi Malkani 2019
G. †Gymnoichthys Tintori et al. 2010
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†Gymnoichthys inopinatus Tintori et al. 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:51:40
Modified: 2013-12-06 11:51:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 254.14000 to 66.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 251.902 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Jiangxi) Caturus indet. (119495)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Yunnan) Gymnoichthys inopinatus (97946 146382)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Spain Caturus sp. (148734 149852)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Spain (Tarragona) Caturus sp. (109710)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Texas) Caturus sp. (39671)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria Caturus sp. (195673)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Endactis agassizi, Pachycormus heterurus, Conodus ferox (122154) Pachycormus latipennis, Endactis agassizi, Pachycormus heterurus (122153) Pachycormus latipennis, Pachycormus heterurus, Conodus ferox (122155)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9France Caturus sp. (122733)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9France Caturus stenospondylus, Caturus stenoura, Caturus chaperi, Caturus retrodorsalis (122734)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom (England) Caturus sp. (130759 132646)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3USA (South Dakota) Amiopsis dartoni (122622)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Midi-Pyrénées) Caturus sp. (61377)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Caturus sp. (61378)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Caturus porteri (130656)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Portugal (Leiria) Caturus sp. (69698)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Spain Caturus sp. (151897)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France (Basse-Normandie) Caturus sp., Caturus driani (74916)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal (Lourinha) Caturus sp. (154213)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France (Aquitaine) Caturus n. sp. (94532)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Eastern Bavaria) Caturus sp., Caturidae indet. (187436)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Caturus furcatus (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06Portugal (Lisboa) Caturus sp. (163145)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06Portugal (Centro) Caturus sp. (163143)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Caturus sp., Caturidae indet. (35262)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06France (Poitou-Charentes) Caturidae indet. (164377)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Argentina (Neuquén) Caturus sp. (232708)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Caturus sp. (92143 92144 92145)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian143.1 - 139.1France (Poitou-Charentes) Caturus sp., Caturidae indet. (61930)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05France (Poitou-Charentes) Caturidae indet. (142093)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Caturus sp. (45760)
Valanginian - Barremian137.05 - 121.4Japan (Mie) Caturus tenuidens (52343)
Hauterivian - Aptian132.6 - 113.2Tunisia (Tataouine) Caturus sp. (116296)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Caturus sp. (28006)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4United Kingdom (England) Caturus sp. (46875)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Cuenca) Caturus sp. (61889)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Belgium (Hainaut) Caturus sp. (22645)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Caturidae indet. (241457) Caturus sp. (235313)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Caturus sp. (241464)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Tunisia (Médenine) Caturus sp. (67203)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) Caturus sp. (241463)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Tunisia (Tataouine) Caturus sp. (116297 116298 116299)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Caturidae indet. (213418 213419)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Caturidae indet. (132505)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain (Asturias) Caturidae indet. (98396)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Osteichthyes indet. (22731)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Nebraska) Caturidae indet. (213308 239336)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Caturidae indet. (277286)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Caturidae indet. (213403)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Caturidae indet. (213384 213385 213386)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Iowa) Caturidae indet. (213400)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Nebraska) Caturidae indet. (213389)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Caturus sp. (32322)