Biology:Eutrichiurides
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
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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]
- Eutrichiurides orpiensis (Leriche, 1906)
- Eutrichiurides goberti (Casier, 1944)
- Eutrichiurides termieri (Arambourg)
- Eutrichiurides delheidi (Leriche, 1908)
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
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ Paleontologia
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Fossilworks: Eutrichiurides". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=36032.
- ↑ Scombroidei
- ↑ "F032 - CRETACEOUS EUTRICHIURIDES FISH JAW WITH TEETH AND ASSOCIATED BONES IN MATRIX". https://www.paleodirect.com/f032-cretaceous-eutrichiurides-fish-fossils-teeth-bones-fossil/.
Wikidata ☰ Q5414577 entry
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