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Sinohelicoprion

Sinohelicoprion
Temporal range: 254–252 Ma
Late Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Eugeneodontida
Family: Helicoprionidae
Genus: Sinohelicoprion
Liu & Chang, 1963
Species
  • S. changhsingensis Liu & Chang, 1963 (type)
  • S. macrodontus Lei, 1983
  • S. qomolangma Zhang, 1974

Sinohelicoprion ("Chinese spiral jaw") is an extinct genus of helicoprinid eugeneodontid fish that lived during the late Permian 254 to 252 million years ago and became extinct during the Permian-Triassic extinction event.

It was first named and classified by H. T. Liu and M. N. Chang in 1963.



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