Furo (fish)

Furo; Temporal range: Carnian - Tithonian, 235–150 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Specimen of an indeterminate species of Furo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†
Family:	†
Genus:	†Furo; Gistel, 1848
Type species
	†Furo orthostomus; Agassiz, 1845 vide Agassiz, 1833
Species
	†F. orthostomus (Agassiz, 1833-1845); †F. normandica Wenz, 1968; †F. hermesi (Bellott, 1873); ?†F. longiserratus (Agassiz, 1843); †F. trottii (Balsamo Crivelli, 1839); †F. latimanus? (Agassiz, 1843)
Synonyms
	Eugnathus Agassiz, 1843 ();

Furo is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the order that has been found in Europe. The type species is F. orthostomus.

Taxonomy[]

The type species of Furo, F. orthostomus, was originally named Eugnathus by the Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz in 1843,^[1] but the genus name was changed to Furo by Gistel in 1848 because Eugnathus was preoccupied by the spider genus Eugnatha. A number of species referred to Furo have been found in the Solnhofen Formation of Bavaria.^[2] The type species of Ophiopsis, O. muensteri, was mistakenly referred to Furo by some authors, but recent studies have indicated that the Furo and Ophiopsis type species are distantly related.^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ Agassiz, L ., 1833 - 1843. Recherches sur les poissons fossiles. Band 1-5. Neuchatel
^ Lambers, P.H., 1998. The genus Furo (Pisces, Halecomorphi) from the Upper Jurassic Plattenkalke of Germany. Oryctos, 1, 23-35.
^ Lane, J. A. & Ebert, M., 2012: Revision of Furo muensteri (Halecomorphi, Ophiopsidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Western Europe, with comments on the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32 (4): 799–819. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2012.680325
^ Lane, J. A. & Ebert, M., 2015: A taxonomic reassessment of Ophiopsis (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes), with a revision of Upper Jurassic species from the Solnhofen Archipelago, and a new genus of Ophiopsidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35 (1): e883238. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2014.883238

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[1] Agassiz, L ., 1833 - 1843. Recherches sur les poissons fossiles. Band 1-5. Neuchatel

[2] Lambers, P.H., 1998. The genus Furo (Pisces, Halecomorphi) from the Upper Jurassic Plattenkalke of Germany. Oryctos, 1, 23-35.

[3] Lane, J. A. & Ebert, M., 2012: Revision of Furo muensteri (Halecomorphi, Ophiopsidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Western Europe, with comments on the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32 (4): 799–819. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2012.680325

[4] Lane, J. A. & Ebert, M., 2015: A taxonomic reassessment of Ophiopsis (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes), with a revision of Upper Jurassic species from the Solnhofen Archipelago, and a new genus of Ophiopsidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35 (1): e883238. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2014.883238

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