Sinohelicoprion

Sinohelicoprion
Temporal range: 254–252 Ma
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Late Permian

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: †Eugeneodontida
Family: †Helicoprionidae
Karpinsky, 1911
Genus: †Helicoprion
Karpinsky, 1899
Type species
Helicoprion bessonovi
Species
  • H. bessonovi
  • H. davisii
  • H. ferrieri
  • H. ergasaminon
  • H. jingmenense
  • H. mexicanus
  • H. nevadensis
  • H. sierrensis

Sinohelicoprion ("Chinese spiral jaw") is an extinct genus of helicoprinid eugeneodontid fish that lived during the late Permian 254 to 252 million years ago and became extinct during the Permian-Triassic extinction event.[1]

It was first named and classified by H. T. Liu and M. N. Chang in 1963.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Sinohelicoprion". Fossilworks. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  3. ↑ H. T. Liu; M. N. Chang (1963). "First discovery of helicoprionid in China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica (in Chinese) 7 (2): 123–129.
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