Eutrichiurides
Eutrichiurides is an extinct genus of prehistoric cutlass fish.[1][2]
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Genus: | Eutrichiurides Casier 1944 |
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]
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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. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- Paleontologia
- "Fossilworks: Eutrichiurides". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
- Scombroidei
- "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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