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Caturus agassizi

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae

Taxonomy
Endactis agassizi was named by Egerton (1858). Its type specimen is BMNH P567, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Egerton collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Caturus agassizi by Woodward (1895).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Endactis agassizi Egerton figs. Pl 4
1895Caturus agassizi Woodward p. 342

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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
genusCaturus
speciesagassizi()

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 agassizi Egerton 1858
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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: Sinemurian or 199.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) Endactis agassizi (122153 type locality: 122154)