Helmstedtisuchus
| Helmstedtisuchus Temporal range: Late Eocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Infraclass: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Genus: | Helmstedtisuchus Schleich and Windolf, 1994 |
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Helmstedtisuchus is an extinct genus of teleostean 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]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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 fur Geologie und Palaontologie. Abhandlungen 2000(11):651-668.
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