Trichiurus

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Trichiurus
Temporal range: Eocene - Recent
File:Trichiurus lepturus.jpg
Trichiurus lepturus
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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 miocaenus Delfortrie, 1876
  • Trichiurus oshoshunensis White, 1926 [3]
  • Trichiurus plicidens Arambourg, 1952

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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