''Helichthys'' is an
extinct
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genus of prehistoric
bony fish
Osteichthyes (), popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse superclass of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. They can be contrasted with the Chondrichthyes, which have skeletons primarily composed of cartilag ...
that lived during the
Early Triassic epoch in what is now
South Africa.
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''.
Fossils were recovered from the
Lower ''Cynognathus'' Assemblage Zone of Bekker's Kraal.
Synonyms
*''Helichthys draperi''
(Woodward
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, 1893) → ''
Dicellopyge
''Dicellopyge'' is an extinct genus of freshwater ray-finned fish from the Triassic of South Africa. It is characterized by characteristics such as a short, blunt snout and a deeply cleft tail. Two species are known, ''D. macrodentata'' and ''D. ...
draperi''
(Woodward, 1893)
*''Helichthys tenuis''
Broom, 1909 → ''Dicellopyge tenuis''
(Broom, 1909)
See also
*
Prehistoric fish
*
List of prehistoric bony fish
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References
Redfieldiiformes
Early Triassic fish
Triassic South Africa
Fossils of South Africa
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