Helmolepis

Helmolepis is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Greenland, Madagascar and Canada (British Columbia).^[1][2][3][4] Species of Helmolepis are small (between 5 centimetres (0.16 ft) and 8 centimetres (0.26 ft)). This genus is closely related with Platysiagum.

Helmolepis Temporal range: Early Triassic[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Platysiagiformes
Family:	†Platysiagidae
Genus:	†Helmolepis Stensiö, 1932
Type species
†Helmolepis gracilis Stensiö, 1932
Other species
†H. cyphognatha Neuman & Mutter, 2005 †H. manis Mutter, 2005

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish genera