Furo (fish)

Furo is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the order Ioniscopiformes that has been found in Europe. The type species is F. orthostomus.

Furo
Temporal range: Carnian - Tithonian,
Specimen of an indeterminate species of Furo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Ionoscopiformes
Family: †Furidae
Genus: †Furo
Gistel, 1848
Type species
†Furo orthostomus
Agassiz, 1845 vide Agassiz, 1833
Species

†F. orthostomus (Agassiz, 1833-1845)
†F. normandica Wenz, 1968
†F. hermesi (Bellott, 1873)
?†F. longiserratus (Agassiz, 1843)
†F. trottii (Balsamo Crivelli, 1839)
†F. latimanus? (Agassiz, 1843)

Synonyms
  • Eugnathus Agassiz, 1843 (preoccupied)

Taxonomy

The type species of Furo, F. orthostomus, was originally named Eugnathus by the Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz in 1843,[1] but the genus name was changed to Furo by Gistel in 1848 because Eugnathus was preoccupied by the spider genus Eugnatha. A number of species referred to Furo have been found in the Solnhofen Formation of Bavaria.[2] The type species of Ophiopsis, O. muensteri, was mistakenly referred to Furo by some authors, but recent studies have indicated that the Furo and Ophiopsis type species are distantly related.[3][4]

References
  1. Agassiz, L ., 1833 - 1843. Recherches sur les poissons fossiles. Band 1-5. Neuchatel
  2. Lambers, P.H., 1998. The genus Furo (Pisces, Halecomorphi) from the Upper Jurassic Plattenkalke of Germany. Oryctos, 1, 23-35.
  3. Lane, J. A. & Ebert, M., 2012: Revision of Furo muensteri (Halecomorphi, Ophiopsidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Western Europe, with comments on the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32 (4): 799–819. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2012.680325
  4. Lane, J. A. & Ebert, M., 2015: A taxonomic reassessment of Ophiopsis (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes), with a revision of Upper Jurassic species from the Solnhofen Archipelago, and a new genus of Ophiopsidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35 (1): e883238. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2014.883238


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