Eutrichiurides

Eutrichiurides is an extinct genus of prehistoric cutlass fish.[1][2]

Eutrichiurides
Temporal range: Eocene
Fossil teeth of Eutrichiurides goberti from Khouribga (Morocco)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Trichiuridae
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]

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.


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