Sinohelicoprion
| Sinohelicoprion Temporal range: 254–252 Ma Late Permian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | †Eugeneodontida |
| Family: | †Helicoprionidae |
| Genus: | †Sinohelicoprion H. T. Liu and M. N. Chang in 1963 |
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]
References
- ↑ "Sinohelicoprion". Fossilworks. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ↑ "The Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ H. T. Liu; M. N. Chang (1963). "First discovery of helicoprionid in China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica (in Chinese). 7 (2): 123–129.
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