Caturus | |
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Fossil specimen of Caturus furcatus from Germany, Upper Jurassic | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Subclass: | Neopterygii |
Order: | Amiiformes |
Family: | Caturidae |
Genus: |
Caturus Agassiz 1843 |
Caturus is an extinct genus of fishes in the family Caturidae. Fossils of this genus range from 254.0 to 109 mya.
This genus is present in the Cretaceous of Germany, Japan, Spain, Tunisia, the United Kingdom and from the Jurassic to Cretaceous of France.