Colobodus

Colobodus; Temporal range: Olenekian–Carnian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Colobodus bassanii fossil at Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Perleidiformes
Family:	†Colobodontidae
Genus:	†Colobodus; Agassiz, 1844
Type species
	†Colobodus bassanii; de Alessandri, 1910
Other species
	†C. maximus (Quenstedt, 1867); †C. praemaximus Corroy, 1928; †C. koenigi Stolley, 1920; †C. baii Sun et al., 2008; †C. giganteus (Beltan, 1972); †C. wushaensis Li et al., 2019;

Colobodus is an extinct genus of Triassic bony fish of the family Colobodontidae and order Perleidiformes. Fossils have been found in Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland) and China.^[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]

Synonyms[edit]

Colobodus altilepis Woodward, 1912 → Perleidus woodwardi (Woodward, 1912)
Colobodus scutatus Gervais, 1852 → Bobasatrania scutata (Gervais, 1852)

Fossil gallery[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
^ Rieppel, O. (2019). Mesozoic Sea Dragons: Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio. Indiana University Press. p. 54. doi:10.2307/j.ctvd58t86. ISBN 978-0253040114. S2CID 241534158.
^ Cartnayà, Joan; Fortuny, Josep; Bolet, Arnau; Mutter, Raoul Jossua (2015). "Colobodus giganteus (Beltan, 1972) comb. nov. from the Upper Muschelkalk facies of Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 278 (3): 323–333. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2015/0532.