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Helichthys

Extinct genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Helichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now South Africa.[1][2]

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Although several species of Helichthys have been erected (H. elegans, H. stegopyge, H. obesus, H. ctenipteryx, H. grandipennis), they were later all synonymized with the type species, H. browni.[3] Fossils were recovered from the Lower Cynognathus Assemblage Zone of Bekker's Kraal.

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Synonyms

  • Helichthys draperi (Woodward, 1893)Dicellopyge draperi (Woodward, 1893)
  • Helichthys tenuis Broom, 1909Dicellopyge tenuis (Broom, 1909)

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