Colobodus

Colobodus
Temporal range: Olenekian–Carnian
Colobodus bassanii fossil at Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Colobodontiformes
Family: †Colobodontidae
Genus: †Colobodus
Agassiz, 1844
Type species
†Colobodus bassanii
de Alessandri, 1910
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. It could reach body lengths of about 70 cm (2 ft 4 in).

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.

Taxonomy

The following species are known:

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.

Records of Colobodus exist outside of Europe and China, but these remains are thought to be highly questionable.

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References

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  6. ↑ Li, Ji; Luo, Yongming; Wang, Yue; Xu, Guangfu; Ma, Zhiheng (2019). "A New Discovery of Colobodus Agassiz, 1844 (Colobodontidae) from the Carnian (Upper Triassic) of Guizhou, South China". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 93 (6): 1967–1968. Bibcode:2019AcGlS..93.1967L. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.13832. ISSN 1000-9515.