Eutrichiurides

Eutrichiurides
Temporal range: Eocene
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.[1][2]

Similar and related genera include the extant Aphanopus, Trichiurides and Trichiurus.[3] These fishes lived in the Eocene period, from 55.8 to 48.6 mya.[3]

Species

Species within this genus include:[4]

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.[5]

Distribution

Fossils of Eutrichiurides have been found the Eocene fossil sediments of India, Pakistan and the United Kingdom.[3]

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. ^ a b c "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.


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