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Caturidae

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Caturidae Owen
1997Caturidae Delsate p. 129
1999Caturidae Cartanyà p. 548
2006Caturidae Cumbaa et al. p. 148
2016Caturidae Nelson et al. p. 125

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
orderAmiiformesHay 1929
familyCaturidaeOwen 1860
familyCaturidaeOwen 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.

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
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: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Middle Turonian or 254.17000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Jiangxi) Caturus indet. (119495)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Spain Caturus sp. (148734 149852)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Spain (Tarragona) Caturus sp. (109710)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Texas) Caturus sp. (39671)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria Caturus sp. (195673)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United 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 Toarcian183.0 - 182.0France Caturus sp. (122733)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France Caturus stenospondylus, Caturus stenoura, Caturus chaperi, Caturus retrodorsalis (122734)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (England) Caturus sp. (132646)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1United Kingdom (England) Caturus sp. (130759)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1USA (South Dakota) Amiopsis dartoni (122622)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Midi-Pyrénées) Caturus sp. (61377)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France Caturus sp. (61378)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (England) Caturus porteri (130656)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Spain Caturus sp. (151897)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Basse-Normandie) Caturus sp., Caturus driani (74916)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Portugal (Leiria) Caturus sp. (69698)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Lourinha) Caturus sp. (154213)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Aquitaine) Caturus n. sp. (94532)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Caturus furcatus (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Eastern Barvaria) Caturus sp., Caturidae indet. (187436)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Lisboa) Caturus sp. (163145)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Centro) Caturus sp. (163143)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Argentina (Neuquén) Caturus sp. (232708)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Poitou-Charentes) Caturidae indet. (164377)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Caturus sp., Caturidae indet. (35262)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Caturus sp. (92143 92144 92145)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2France (Poitou-Charentes) Caturus sp., Caturidae indet. (61930)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Caturus sp. (45760)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8France (Poitou-Charentes) Caturidae indet. (142093)
Valanginian - Barremian139.8 - 125.0Japan (Mie) Caturus tenuidens (52343)
Hauterivian - Aptian132.9 - 113.0Tunisia (Tataouine) Caturus sp. (116296)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Caturus sp. (28006)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Cuenca) Caturus sp. (61889)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) Caturus sp. (46875)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Belgium (Sauerland) Caturus sp. (22645)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Tunisia (Médenine) Caturus sp. (67203)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Tunisia (Tataouine) Caturus sp. (116297 116298 116299)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Kansas) Caturidae indet. (213418 213419)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Caturidae indet. (132505)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain (Asturias) Caturidae indet. (98396)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Osteichthyes indet. (22731)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Nebraska) Caturidae indet. (213308)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Caturidae indet. (213403)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Iowa) Caturidae indet. (213400)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Kansas) Caturidae indet. (213384 213385 213386)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Nebraska) Caturidae indet. (213389)