Helmstedtisuchus
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| Helmstedtisuchus Temporal range: Late Eocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Scombridae |
| Genus: | †Helmstedtisuchus Schleich, Vahldiek, Karl & Windolf, 1994 |
| Type species | |
| Helmstedtisuchus freyi Schleich and Windolf, 1994 | |
Helmstedtisuchus is an extinct genus of fish. Fossils have been found from Helmstedt, Germany that are late Eocene in age.[1] The genus was originally thought to be a eusuchian crocodylomorph, but it is now known to have been a scombrid teleostean fish.[2]
