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Caturus
Taxonomy
Caturus was named by Agassiz (1834) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr u J Tith-u Sepkoski's reference number: 718]. It is the type genus of Caturidae.
It was assigned to Sauroidei by Owen (1859); to Eugnathidae by Woodward (1895), Rayner (1948); to Furidae by Gardiner (1960); to Amiidae by Beltan (1984); to Amiiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Caturidae by Schaeffer and Patterson (1984), Delsate (1997), Cartanyà (1999), Friedman et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Sauroidei by Owen (1859); to Eugnathidae by Woodward (1895), Rayner (1948); to Furidae by Gardiner (1960); to Amiidae by Beltan (1984); to Amiiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Caturidae by Schaeffer and Patterson (1984), Delsate (1997), Cartanyà (1999), Friedman et al. (2010).
Species
C. agassizi, C. angustus, C. branchiostegus, C. bucklandi, C. chaperi, C. chirotes, C. dartoni, C. elongatus, C. ferox, C. furcatus, C. heterurus, C. latipennis, C. latus, C. macrodus, C. macrurus, C. maximus, C. meyeri, C. microchirus, C. nuchalis (syn. Pachycormus furcatus), C. pachyurus, C. pleiodus, C. porteri, C. retrodorsalis, C. similis, C. stenospondylus, C. stenoura, Uraeus macrurus, Uraeus pachyurus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1832 | Uraeus Agassiz p. 142 |
| 1834 | Caturus Agassiz p. 387 |
| 1843 | Conodus Agassiz p. 174 |
| 1851 | Strobilodus Wagner |
| 1858 | Endactis Egerton figs. Pl 4 |
| 1859 | Caturus Owen p. 126 |
| 1866 | Ditaxiodus Owen |
| 1866 | Thlattodus Owen |
| 1895 | Caturus Woodward p. 329 |
| 1948 | Caturus Rayner p. 293 figs. 4-9; pl. 22, figs 46-48 |
| 1960 | Caturus Gardiner p. 293 |
| 1984 | Caturus Beltan p. 125 |
| 1984 | Caturus Schaeffer and Patterson p. 38 |
| 1997 | Caturus Delsate p. 129 |
| 1999 | Caturus Cartanyà p. 548 |
| 2002 | Caturus Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Caturus Friedman et al. p. S32 |
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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.
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 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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 254.14000 to 110.10000 Ma
Collections (43 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Changhsingian | China (Jiangxi) | Caturus indet. (119495) | |
| Ladinian | Spain | C. sp. (148734 149852) | |
| Longobardian | Spain (Tarragona) | C. sp. (109710) | |
| Late/Upper Triassic | USA (Texas) | C. sp. (39671) | |
| Rhaetian | Austria | C. sp. (195673) | |
| Sinemurian | United 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 Toarcian | France | C. sp. (122733) | |
| Falciferum | United Kingdom (England) | C. sp. (132646) | |
| Falciferum | France | C. stenospondylus, C. stenoura, C. chaperi, C. retrodorsalis (122734) | |
| Toarcian | United Kingdom (England) | C. sp. (130759) | |
| Bathonian | USA (South Dakota) | Amiopsis dartoni (122622) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian | France (Midi-Pyrénées) | C. sp. (61377) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian | France | C. sp. (61378) | |
| Callovian | United Kingdom (England) | C. porteri (130656) | |
| Middle Oxfordian | Portugal (Leiria) | C. sp. (69698) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Spain | C. sp. (151897) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | France (Basse-Normandie) | C. sp., C. driani (74916) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Eastern Bavaria) | C. sp. (187436) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | C. furcatus (154138) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | France (Aquitaine) | C. n. sp. (94532) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Portugal (Lourinha) | C. sp. (154213) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | Portugal (Lisboa) | C. sp. (163145) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | Portugal (Centro) | C. sp. (163143) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | C. sp. (35262) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) | C. sp. (92143 92144 92145) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | C. sp. (61930) | |
| Late/Upper Berriasian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | C. sp. (45760) | |
| Valanginian - Barremian | Japan (Mie) | C. tenuidens (52343) | |
| Hauterivian - Aptian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | C. sp. (116296) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Cuenca) | C. sp. (61889) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | C. sp. (28006) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | United Kingdom (England) | C. sp. (46875) | |
| Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | Belgium (Hainaut) | C. sp. (22645) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | C. sp. (235313) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Tunisia (Médenine) | C. sp. (67203) | |
| Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | C. sp. (116297 116298 116299) |