Helmolepis Explained

Helmolepis is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Greenland, Madagascar and Canada (British Columbia).[1] [2] [3] [4] Species of Helmolepis are small (between 5cm (02inches) and 8cm (03inches)). This genus is closely related with Platysiagum.

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Notes and References

  1. Sepkoski . Jack . A compendium of fossil marine animal genera . Bulletins of American Paleontology . 364 . 560 . 2002 . 2009-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080430004102/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class . 2008-04-30 .
  2. Nybelin . Orvar . 1977 . Studies on Triassic fishes from East Greenland III. On Helmolepis gracilis Stensiö . Meddelelser om Grønland . 200 . 1–13.
  3. Mutter . Raoul J.. Re-assessment of the genus Helmolepis Stensiö 1932 (Actinopterygii: Platysiagidae) and the evolution of Platysiagids in the Early-Middle Triassic. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae . 2005 . 98 . 2 . 271–280 . 10.1007/s00015-005-1164-7 . 128906380 . free.
  4. Neuman . Andrew G.. Mutter . Raoul J. . Helmolepis cyphognathus, sp. nov., a new platysiagid actinopterygian from the Lower Triassic Sulphur Mountain Formation (British Columbia, Canada) . Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences . 2005 . 42 . 1 . 25–36 . 10.1139/e04-096 . 2005CaJES..42...25N . free.

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