Colobodus Temporal range:
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Colobodus bassanii fossil at Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | † Colobodontidae |
Genus: | †
Colobodus Agassiz, 1844 |
Type species | |
†Colobodus bassanii de Alessandri, 1910
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Other species | |
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Colobodus is an extinct genus of marine Triassic ray-finned fish of the family Colobodontidae and order Perleidiformes. Fossils have been found in Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland) and China, encompassing the former Tethys Ocean. [1] It could reach body lengths of about 70 cm (2 ft 4 in). [2]
The original type species was Colobodus hogardi Agassiz, 1844, the fossils of which are probably destroyed, therefore the new type species C. bassanii was designated. [3]
The following species are known: [1] [4]
Several other species (C. stensioei, C. dealessandrii, C. stolleyi, C. cyclolepis, and C. anguillalepis) were proposed by Mutter (2002) from a single fossiliferous level from the Besano Formation, although their validity is uncertain due to the extreme morphological variety within the group. [1] [5]
Records of Colobodus exist outside of Europe and China, but these remains are thought to be highly questionable. [5]
Colobodus Temporal range:
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Colobodus bassanii fossil at Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | † Colobodontidae |
Genus: | †
Colobodus Agassiz, 1844 |
Type species | |
†Colobodus bassanii de Alessandri, 1910
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Other species | |
See text |
Colobodus is an extinct genus of marine Triassic ray-finned fish of the family Colobodontidae and order Perleidiformes. Fossils have been found in Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland) and China, encompassing the former Tethys Ocean. [1] It could reach body lengths of about 70 cm (2 ft 4 in). [2]
The original type species was Colobodus hogardi Agassiz, 1844, the fossils of which are probably destroyed, therefore the new type species C. bassanii was designated. [3]
The following species are known: [1] [4]
Several other species (C. stensioei, C. dealessandrii, C. stolleyi, C. cyclolepis, and C. anguillalepis) were proposed by Mutter (2002) from a single fossiliferous level from the Besano Formation, although their validity is uncertain due to the extreme morphological variety within the group. [1] [5]
Records of Colobodus exist outside of Europe and China, but these remains are thought to be highly questionable. [5]