Helmstedtisuchus
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Scombridae
Genus:
Helmstedtisuchus

Schleich and Windolf, 1994
Species
  • H. freyi Schleich and Windolf, 1994 (type)

Helmstedtisuchus is an extinct genus of 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

  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.


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