''Caturus'' (from el, κατω , 'down' and el, οὐρά 'tail') is an extinct genus of fishes in the
family
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Caturidae in the order
Amiiformes
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, related to modern
bowfin. Fossils of this genus range from 200 to 109 mya. It has been suggested that the genus is non-
monophyletic with respect to other caturid genera.
Species
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Caturus agassizi''
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Caturus chaperi''
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Caturus chirotes''
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Caturus dartoni''
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Caturus ferox''
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Caturus furcatus''
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Caturus heterurus''
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Caturus insignis''
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Caturus latipennis''
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Caturus porteri''
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Caturus retrodorsalis''
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Caturus stenospondylus''
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Caturus stenoura
''Caturus'' (from el, κατω , 'down' and el, οὐρά 'tail') is an extinct genus of fishes in the family Caturidae in the order Amiiformes, related to modern bowfin. Fossils of this genus range from 200 to 109 mya. It has been suggested ...
''
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Caturus velifer''
Distribution
This genus is present in the
Cretaceous
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of
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,
Japan,
Spain
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,
Tunisia
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, the
United Kingdom
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, from the
Jurassic
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to
Cretaceous
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of
France
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and the
Permian
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of
China.
References
Paleobiology DatabaseSepkoski's Online Genus Database
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Amiiformes
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Fossil taxa described in 1843
Taxa named by Louis Agassiz