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Helicoprion bessonowi

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Helicoprionidae

Taxonomy
Helicoprion bessonowi was named by Karpinsky (1899). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Krasnoufimsk (Bessonow collection), which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Helicoprion bessonowi Karpinsky p. 32 figs. Pl 1; pl 2; pl 3, figs 1-9; pl 4, figs 1-11; text-figs 18-66,68,69,72
1903Helicoprion bessonowi Yabe p. 8 figs. pl. II
1939Helicoprion nevadensis Wheeler pp. 109-112 figs. Figure 3
1998Helicoprion nevadensis Hanger and Strong p. 531 fig. 1
2009Helicoprion bessonowi Lebedev p. 173 fig. 2,3
2013Helicoprion bessonowi Tapanila and Pruitt p. 979 figs. 2.6, 12.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
orderEugeneodontiformes()
familyHelicoprionidaeKarpinsky 1911
genusHelicoprion
speciesbessonowi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Helicoprion bessonowi Karpinsky 1899
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Invalid names: Helicoprion nevadensis Wheeler 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:03:14
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:03:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Roadian or 293.52000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Nevada) Helicoprion nevadensis (118114)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Nevada) Helicoprion sp. (130655)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation Helicoprion bessonowi (type locality: 149416)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Kazakhstan Helicoprion bessonowi (119029)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Japan Helicoprion bessonowi (133437)