Helmstedtisuchus Explained

Helmstedtisuchus is an extinct genus of fish. Fossils have been found from Helmstedt, Germany that are late Eocene in age.^[1] The genus was originally thought to be a eusuchian crocodylomorph, but it is now known to have been a scombrid teleostean fish.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Schleich, H. H., Vahldiek, B. W., Karl, H. V. and Windolf, R. (1994). Neue Reptilienfunde aus dem Tertiaer Deutschlands. 14. Beschreibung der fossilen Krokodil- und Schildkroetenreste der Helmstedter Mulde (Eozaen) mit Beitraegen zur Geologie und Palaeontologie. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 173:103-135.
2. Rossmann, T. and Klappert, G. (2000). Studies on Cenozoic Crocodilians and fishes: 6. Helmstedtisuchus freyi Schleich & Windolf, 1994 from the Upper Eocene of Helmstedt (Germany) is not a crocodilian, but a scombrid teleost. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Abhandlungen 2000(11):651-668.