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, 235–150 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Specimen of an indeterminate species of Furo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Halecomorphi
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 Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel in 1848 because Eugnathus was preoccupied by the beetle 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]