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Caturus

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Uraeus Agassiz p. 142
1834Caturus Agassiz p. 387
1843Conodus Agassiz p. 174
1851Strobilodus Wagner
1858Endactis Egerton figs. Pl 4
1859Caturus Owen p. 126
1866Ditaxiodus Owen
1866Thlattodus Owen
1895Caturus Woodward p. 329
1948Caturus Rayner p. 293 figs. 4-9; pl. 22, figs 46-48
1960Caturus Gardiner p. 293
1984Caturus Beltan p. 125
1984Caturus Schaeffer and Patterson p. 38
1997Caturus Delsate p. 129
1999Caturus Cartanyà p. 548
2002Caturus Sepkoski

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

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 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]
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 Early/Lower Albian or 254.17000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


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