Helgolandichthys Taverne 1981 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Salmoniformes - Salmonidae

Full reference: L. Taverne. 1981. Les Actinoptérygiens de l'Aptien inférieur (Töck) d'Helgoland. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 51:43-82

Parent taxon: Salmonidae according to L. Taverne 1981

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Hucho, Leptichthys, Oncorhynchus, Osmerus, Rhabdofario, Salmonidarum, Salmoninae, Salvelinus, Smilodonichthys

Subtaxa: Helgolandichthys schmidi

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Type: Helgolandichthys schmidi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at North coast of Helgoland-Düne (Stühmer collection) (Cretaceous of Germany)

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