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Extinct genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trichiurus is a genus of cutlassfishes belonging to the family Trichiuridae.
Trichiurus Temporal range: | |
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Trichiurus lepturus | |
Scientific 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. |
Species within this genus include:[1]
Extinct species within this genus include:
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]
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