Biology:Helichthys
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Helichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now South Africa.[1][2]
Although several species of Helichthys have been erected (H. elegans, H. stegopyge, H. obesus, H. ctenipteryx, H. grandipennis), they were later all synonymized with the type species, H. browni.[3] Fossils were recovered from the Olenekian-aged Lower Cynognathus Assemblage Zone of Bekker's Kraal.
Synonyms
- Helichthys draperi (Woodward, 1893) → Dicellopyge draperi (Woodward, 1893)
- Helichthys tenuis Broom, 1909 → Dicellopyge tenuis (Broom, 1909)
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedsepkoskidb - ↑ Hutchinson, Peter (1973). "A revision of the redfieldiiform and perleidiform fishes from the Triassic of Bekker's Kraal (South Africa) and Brookvale (New South Wales)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 22: 236–354. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/83424.
- ↑ Hutchinson, Peter (1978). "The anatomy and phylogenetic position of Helichthys, a redfieldiiform fish from the Triassic of South Africa". Palaeontology 21: 881–891.
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