Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Helicoprionidae
Synonym: Lissoprion Hay 1907
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
Parent taxon: Helicoprionidae according to W. M. Itano and S. G. Lucas 2018
See also Ginter et al. 2010, Hanger and Strong 1998, Jordan 1963, Kelly and Zangerl 1976, Larson and Scott 1955, Sepkoski 2002 and Zangerl 1981
Sister taxa: Karpinskiprion, Arpagodus, Toxoprion, Agassizodus, Sarcoprion, Parahelicoprion
Subtaxa: Helicoprion bessonowi Helicoprion davisii Helicoprion ergassaminon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut), China (1), Japan (2), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (21: California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 32 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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