Colobodus is an extinct genus of Triassic bony fish of the family Colobodontidae and order Perleidiformes. Fossils have been found in Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland) and China.[1] It could reach body lengths of about 70 cm (2 ft 4 in).[2]
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| Colobodus bassanii fossil at Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich | |
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| Genus: | †Colobodus Agassiz, 1844
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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]
Synonyms edit
- Colobodus altilepis Woodward, 1912 → Perleidus woodwardi (Woodward, 1912)
- Colobodus scutatus Gervais, 1852 → Bobasatrania scutata (Gervais, 1852)
Fossil gallery edit
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Colobodus bassanii fossil -
Fossil at Museo dei Fossili, Besano -
Three-dimensionally preserved head of Colobodus maximus -
Lower jaw and dentition of Colobodus maximus -
Isolated scale
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
- ^ Rieppel, O. (2019). Mesozoic Sea Dragons: Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio. Indiana University Press. p. 54. doi:10.2307/j.ctvd58t86. ISBN 978-0253040114. S2CID 241534158.
- ^ Cartnayà, Joan; Fortuny, Josep; Bolet, Arnau; Mutter, Raoul Jossua (2015). "Colobodus giganteus (Beltan, 1972) comb. nov. from the Upper Muschelkalk facies of Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 278 (3): 323–333. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2015/0532.
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