Furo (fish)

Furo is a genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the order Ioniscopiformes.

Furo
Temporal range: Carnian - Tithonian, 235–150 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Ionoscopiformes
Family: †Furidae
Genus: †Furo
Gistel, 1848
Type species
†Furo orthostomus
Agassiz, 1833-1845
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)

Taxonomy

The type species of Furo, F. orthostomus, was originally named Eugnathus by the Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz,[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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