Helicoprionidae
| Helicoprionidae Temporal range: Mississippian–Lopingian
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| Family: | †Helicoprionidae
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| †Helicoprion bessonovi Karpinsky, 1899
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Helicoprionidae (sometimes called Agassizodontidae)[1] is an extinct family of holocephalans within the order Eugeneodontiformes. Members of the Helicoprionidae possessed a unique structure called a tooth whorl connected by a single root along the midline of the lower jaw.[2][1]
The structure of tooth whorls varies, with some having highly specialized, coiling spirals (such as those of the iconic genus Helicoprion), while others such as Sarcoprion and Parahelicoprion possessed shorter whorls.[1]
Genera
- Agassizodus
- Arpagodus
- Campyloprion
- Helicoprion
- Hunanohelicoprion
- Karpinskiprion[3]
- Parahelicoprion
- Sarcoprion
- Shaktauites
- Sinohelicoprion
- Toxoprion
Gallery
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Parahelicoprion
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Agassizodus
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Sinohelicoprion
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Comparison of a Sinohelicoprion and a Helicoprion
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Zangerl, Rainer (1981). Chondrichthyes 1: Paleozoic Elasmobranchii (Handbook of Paleoichthyology). Friedrich Pfeil. pp. 74–94. ISBN 978-3899370454.
- ↑ Cicimurri, D. J.; Fahrenbach, M. D. (2002). "Chondrichthyes from the upper part of the Minnelusa Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian: Desmoinesian), Meade County, South Dakota" (PDF). Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
- ↑ Itano, Wayne; Lebedev, Oleg Anatolyevich; Johanson, Zerina; Alekseev, Alexander S. (February 2023). "Tooth whorl structure, growth and function in a helicoprionid chondrichthyan Karpinskiprion (nom. nov.) (Eugeneodontiformes) with a revision of the family composition". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Earth Sciences. doi:10.1017/s1755691022000251.
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