| Sinohelicoprion Temporal range: Changhsingian | |
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| Tooth whorl (IVPP V4752.2) of S. qomolangma, Paleozoological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | †Eugeneodontida |
| Family: | †Helicoprionidae |
| Genus: | †Sinohelicoprion Liu & Chang, 1963 |
| Species | |
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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]
Gallery
Information board about Sinohelicoprion in Paleozoological Museum of China.
References
- ↑ "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.
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