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Helmstedtisuchus

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Extinct genus of fishes

Helmstedtisuchus
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae
Genus: †Helmstedtisuchus
Schleich, Vahldiek, Karl & Windolf, 1994
Type species
Helmstedtisuchus freyi
Schleich and Windolf, 1994

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

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.
Taxon identifiers
Helmstedtisuchus


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