Caturus

Caturus is an extinct genus of fishes in the family Caturidae. Fossils of this genus range from 254.0 to 109 mya.

Caturus
Fossil specimen of Caturus furcatus from Germany, Upper Jurassic
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Caturus

Agassiz 1843

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

Distribution

This genus is present in the Cretaceous of Germany, Japan, Spain, Tunisia, the United Kingdom and from the Jurassic to Cretaceous of France.

References

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