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Trichiurus

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae

Taxonomy
Trichiurus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R]. It is extant. Its type is Trichiurus lepturus.

It was assigned to Squalidae by Leidy (1860); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Trichiurinae by Monsch (2004), Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Trichiuridae by Hay (1902), White (1926), Casier (1958), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Verma (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Trichiurus Linnaeus p. 46
1860Trichiurus Leidy p. 121
1902Trichiurus Hay p. 403
1926Trichiurus White p. 65
1958Trichiurus Casier p. 27
1981Trichiurus Thurmond and Jones p. 105
2002Trichiurus Sepkoski
2004Trichiurus Monsch p. 446
2019Trichiurus Ebersole et al. p. 172
2024Trichiurus Verma p. 1999

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
—Percomorpha
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
orderScombriformes
familyTrichiuridae
genusTrichiurus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Trichiurus Linnaeus 1758
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†Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus 1758
†Trichiurus miocaenus Delfortrie 1876
Trichiurus plicidens Arambourg 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) T. oshosunensis, Eutrichiurides plicidens (81179) T. sp. (83330)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) T. sp. (83333)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria T. oshosunensis (77257 187560)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) T. gulincki (41888 41989 41994)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Barbados T. oshosunensis (221164) T. sp. (221167)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) T. oshosunensis, Eutrichiurides plicidens (209521) T. sp. (13346)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) T. sagittidens (209370 209371)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Antarctica (Seymour Island) T. sp. (53666)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) T. sagittidens (3534)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71India (Gujarat) T. sp. (237204)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Eutrichiurides plicidens (81266) T. sp. (16848)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) T. sagittidens (55251) T. sp. (32925 75638)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) T. sp. (16549)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) T. sp. (45640)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) T. sp. (68021)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) T. sp. (52183)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Orissa) T. savala (46365)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Slovakia (Bratislava) T. miocaenicus, T. sp. (58983)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama T. lepturus (24237)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) T. sp. (162678)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) T. sp. (20604)