Helmolepis

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.

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

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

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  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. Retrieved 2009-02-27.

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