Helicampodus
| Helicampodus Temporal range: Late Permian - Early Triassic, | |
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| Holotype specimen of H. kokeni | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | †Eugeneodontida |
| Family: | †Edestidae |
| Genus: | †Helicampodus Branson, 1935 |
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Helicampodus is an extinct genus of shark-like eugenodont fish that lived during the Late Permian to Early Triassic period. Fossils of Helicampodus have been found in Asia.[1] The largest teeth of Helicampodus kokeni are about 2.7 cm in length, which points to a maximum size of around 2 m based on its relatives.[2] It was first placed in the Helicoprionidae family but the more recent authors have put it in Edestidae.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "†Helicampodus Branson 1935 (chimaera)". Fossilworks.org. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Itano, Wayne. "Helicampodus kokeni". researchgate.net. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Helicampodus ✝". mindat.org. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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