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Caturus heterurus

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae

Taxonomy
Pachycormus heterurus was named by Agassiz (1839).

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

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Pachycormus heterurus Agassiz figs. Pl 58a, figs 4,5
1843Pachycormus heterurus Agassiz p. 113
1895Caturus heterurus Woodward p. 339 figs. Pl. IX.

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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
speciesheterurus()

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 heterurus Agassiz 1839
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) Pachycormus heterurus (122153 122154 122155)