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]
Sinohelicoprion Temporal range: Changhsingian
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Tooth whorl (IVPP V4752.2) of S. qomolangma, Paleozoological Museum of China | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Holocephali |
Order: | †Eugeneodontida |
Family: | †Helicoprionidae |
Genus: | †Sinohelicoprion Liu & Chang, 1963 |
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It was first named and classified by H. T. Liu and M. N. Chang in 1963.[2][3]
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editReferences
edit- ^ "Sinohelicoprion". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "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.