Biology:Helmolepis

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Helmolepis
Temporal range: Early Triassic[1]
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Helmolepis

Stensiö, 1932
Type species
Helmolepis gracilis
Stensiö, 1932
Other species
  • Helmolepis cyphognatha
  • Helmolepis manis

Helmolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Greenland, Madagascar and Canada (British Columbia).[1] Species of Helmolepis are small (between 5 centimetres (0.16 ft) and 8 centimetres (0.26 ft)). This genus is closely related with Platysiagum.

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20080430004102/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27. 

Further reading

  • Mutter, Raoul J. (2005). "Re-assessment of the genus Helmolepis Stensiö 1932 (Actinopterygii: Platysiagidae) and the evolution of Platysiagids in the Early-Middle Triassic". Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 98 (2): 271–280. doi:10.1007/s00015-005-1164-7. 
  • Neuman, Andrew G.; Mutter, Raoul J. (2005). "Helmolepis cyphognathus, sp. nov., a new platysiagid actinopterygian from the Lower Triassic Sulphur Mountain Formation (British Columbia, Canada)". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42: 25–36. doi:10.1139/e04-096. 

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