Colobodus
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| Colobodus bassanii fossil at Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Colobodontiformes |
| Family: | †Colobodontidae |
| Genus: | †Colobodus Agassiz, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| †Colobodus bassanii de Alessandri, 1910
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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]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The following species are known:[1][4]
- †C. bassanii de Alessandri, 1910 - Late Anisian of Italy & Switzerland (Besano Formation)
- †C. maximus (Quenstedt, 1867) - Anisian of Italy (Besano Formation), Anisian to Carnian of Germany (Muschelkalk)
- †C. praemaximus Corroy, 1928 - Early Triassic of France
- †C. koenigi Stolley, 1920 - Late Anisian of Germany (Muschelkalk) (possibly synonymous with C. bassanii)
- †C. baii Sun et al., 2008 - Anisian of Guizhou, China[5]
- †C. giganteus (Beltan, 1972) - Late Ladinian of Spain (Muschelkalk)[3]
- †C. wushaensis Li et al., 2019 - Carnian of Guizhou, China[6]
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]
Synonyms
[edit | edit source]- Colobodus altilepis Woodward, 1912 → Perleidus woodwardi (Woodward, 1912)
- Colobodus scutatus Gervais, 1852 → Bobasatrania scutata (Gervais, 1852)
Fossil gallery
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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
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References
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- Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
- Prehistoric neopterygii
- Triassic fish of Asia
- Triassic fish of Europe
- Olenekian genus first appearances
- Anisian genera
- Ladinian genera
- Carnian genus extinctions
- Fossils of China
- Fossils of Italy
- Fossils of France
- Fossils of Germany
- Fossils of Spain
- Fossils of Switzerland
- Taxa named by Louis Agassiz
- Fossil taxa described in 1844
- Prehistoric bony fish stubs