Caturus

Caturus; Temporal range: Early Jurassic-Cretaceous, 200–109 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil specimen of Caturus furcatus from Germany, Upper Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Amiiformes
Family:	†Caturidae
Genus:	†Caturus; Agassiz, 1843

Caturus (from Greek: κατω kato, 'down' and Greek: οὐρά ourá 'tail')^[1] is an extinct genus of fishes in the family Caturidae. Fossils of this genus range from 200 to 109 mya.

Species[]

Caturus furcatus

Distribution[]

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

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.

[1] 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.

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Caturus Temporal range: Early Jurassic-Cretaceous, 200–109 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Fossil specimen of Caturus furcatus from Germany, Upper Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Amiiformes
Family:	†Caturidae
Genus:	†Caturus Agassiz, 1843