Helicampodus Branson 1935 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Helicampodontidae

Full reference: C. C. Branson. 1935. A labyrinthodont from the lower Gondwana of Kashmir and a new edestid from the Permian of the Salt range. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences 9:19-26

Parent taxon: Helicampodontidae according to W. M. Itano and O. A. Lebedev 2023

See also Ginter et al. 2010, Obruchev 1965, Sepkoski 2002 and Zangerl 1981

Sister taxa: Hunanohelicoprion, Parahelicampodus, Sinohelicoprion

Subtaxa: Helicampodus egloni Helicampodus kokeni Helicampodus qomolangma

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (1 collection), India (1)

• Permian of Azerbaijan (1), Japan (1), Pakistan (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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