Eutrichiurides

Eutrichiurides Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific 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]

• 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

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.