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: Trichiurinae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Casier 1958, Hay 1902, Leidy 1860, Monsch 2004, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and White 1926
Sister taxa: Eutrichiurides, Trichiurides
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), Nigeria (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (15: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas)
Total: 30 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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