Sinohelicoprion

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Sinohelicoprion
Temporal range: 254–252 Ma
Changhsingian
Tooth whorl (IVPP V4752.2) of S. qomolangma, Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Eugeneodontida
Family: Helicoprionidae
Genus: Sinohelicoprion
Liu & Chang, 1963
Species
  • S. changhsingensis Liu & Chang, 1963 (type)
  • S. macrodontus Lei, 1983
  • S. qomolangma Zhang, 1974
Comparison of S. changhsingensis and Helicoprion sp.

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]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sinohelicoprion". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  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.