Caturus
| Caturus | |
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| Fossil specimen of Caturus furcatus from Germany, Upper Jurassic | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Halecomorphi |
| Order: | Amiiformes |
| Family: | †Caturidae |
| Genus: | †Caturus Agassiz, 1843 |
Caturus (from
monophyletic with respect to other caturid genera.[2]
Species
- Caturus agassizi
- Caturus chaperi
- Caturus chirotes
- Caturus dartoni
- Caturus ferox
- Caturus furcatus
- Caturus heterurus
- Caturus insignis
- Caturus latipennis
- Caturus porteri
- Caturus retrodorsalis
- Caturus stenospondylus
- Caturus stenoura
- Caturus velifer
Distribution
This genus is present in the Cretaceous of Germany, Japan, Spain, Tunisia, the United Kingdom, from the Jurassic to Cretaceous.
References
- ^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 27. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ISSN 2193-0074.