Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Trichiuridae according to S. K. Verma 2024
See also Casier 1958, Ebersole et al. 2019, Hay 1902, Leidy 1860, Monsch 2004, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and White 1926
Sister taxa: Anenchelum, Aphanopus, Benthodesmus, Lepidopus, Trichiuridarum, Trichiurinae
Subtaxa: Trichiurus lepturus Trichiurus miocaenus Trichiurus oshosunensis Trichiurus plicidens
Type: Trichiurus lepturus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Georgia collection)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), India (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Barbados (2), India (1), Nigeria (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (15: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas)
Total: 31 collections including 34 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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