Family Trichiuridae Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes | |
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Similar Perciformes, Trichiurus, Enchodus, Scombroidei, Myliobatis | ||
Eutrichiurides is an extinct genus of prehistoric cutlass fish.
Contents
Similar and related genera include the extant Aphanopus, Trichiurides and Trichiurus. These fishes lived in the Paleogene period, from 55.8 to 48.6 mya.
Species
Species within this genus include:
Description
Eutrichiurides species were long and slender, blade-shaped fishes with elongated jaws possessing fangs and needle-shaped teeth.
Distribution
Fossils of Eutrichiurides have been found the Paleocene fossil sediments of India, Pakistan and Morocco.
References
Eutrichiurides Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA