Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Helicoprionidae
Synonym: Helicoprion nevadensis Wheeler 1939
Full reference: A. Karpinsky. 1899. Ueber die Reste von Edestiden und die neue Gattung Helicoprion. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Russischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft zu St. Petersburg, Zweite Series 36:1-111
Belongs to Helicoprion according to L. Tapanila and J. Pruitt 2013
See also Hanger and Strong 1998, Karpinsky 1899, Lebedev 2009, Wheeler 1939 and Yabe 1903
Sister taxa: Helicoprion davisii, Helicoprion ergassaminon
Type specimens:
- Helicoprion bessonowi: Its type locality is Krasnoufimsk (Bessonow collection), which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Russian Federation
- Helicoprion nevadensis:
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (1 collection), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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