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Caturus furcatus

Osteichthyes - Caturidae

Taxonomy
Uraeus furcatus was named by Agassiz (1834).

It was recombined as Caturus furcatus by Agassiz (1842), Agassiz (1843), Owen (1859), Woodward (1895), Gardiner (1960), Friedman et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Uraeus furcatus Agassiz
1834Uraeus furcatus Agassiz
1842Caturus furcatus Agassiz figs. Pl 56a
1843Caturus furcatus Agassiz p. 116
1859Caturus furcatus Owen p. 126
1895Caturus furcatus Woodward p. 332 fig. 36
1960Caturus furcatus Gardiner p. 293
2010Caturus furcatus Friedman et al. p. S32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
familyCaturidaeOwen 1860
genusCaturus
speciesfurcatus(Agassiz 1834)

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 furcatus Agassiz 1834
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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: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.21000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Caturus furcatus (154138)