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Eutrichiurides

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Extinct genus of fishes

Eutrichiurides
Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Trichiuridae
Genus: †Eutrichiurides
Casier, 1944

Eutrichiurides is an extinct genus of prehistoric cutlass fish.

Similar and related genera include the extant Aphanopus, Trichiurides and Trichiurus. These fishes lived in the Eocene period, from 55.8 to 48.6 mya.

Species

Species within this genus include:

Description

Eutrichiurides species were very similar in form and build to modern snake mackerels, in that they were long and slender, blade-shaped fishes with elongated jaws possessing fangs and needle-shaped teeth.

Distribution

Fossils of Eutrichiurides have been found the Eocene fossil sediments of India, Pakistan and the United Kingdom.

See also

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. Paleontologia
  3. ^ "Fossilworks: Eutrichiurides". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
  4. Scombroidei
  5. "F032 - CRETACEOUS EUTRICHIURIDES FISH JAW WITH TEETH AND ASSOCIATED BONES IN MATRIX". PALEO DIRECT. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
Taxon identifiers
Eutrichiurides


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