Trichiurus

Trichiurus
Temporal range: Eocene - Recent
Trichiurus lepturus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Trichiuridae
Subfamily: Trichiurinae
Genus: Trichiurus
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Trichiurus lepturus
Linnaeus 1758.

Trichiurus is a genus of cutlassfishes belonging to the family Trichiuridae.

Species

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Species within this genus include:[1]

Extinct species

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Extinct species within this genus include:

  • Trichiurus oshoshunensis Casier 1958 [3]

Extinct species lived from the Eocene epoch to the Quaternary period, approximately from 48.6 to 0.012 million years ago. Fossils have been found in the Eocene sediments of Antarctica, Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States, in the Miocene of Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Panama, Slovakia and in the Quaternary of United States.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Fishbase
  2. ^ Anirban Chakraborty; Andi Iqbal Burhanuddin; Yukio Iwatsuki (2005). "A new species, Trichiurus australis (Perciformes: Trichiuridae), from Australia". Ichthyological Research. 52 (2): 165–170. Bibcode:2005IchtR..52..165C. doi:10.1007/s10228-005-0268-4. S2CID 6377460.
  3. ^ The dinosaur fan Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Fossilworks
  5. ^ Douglas J. Long FOSSIL CUTLASSFISH (PERCIFORMES: TRICHIURIDAE) TEETH FROM THE LA MESETA FORMATION (EOCENE), SEYMOUR ISLAND, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA