Helichthys
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| Helichthys Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Redfieldiiformes |
| Family: | †Redfieldiidae |
| Genus: | †Helichthys Broom, 1909 |
| Species: | †H. browni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Helichthys browni Broom, 1909 | |
Helichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now South Africa.[1][2]
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.
