Agassizodontidae
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Scientific name | Helicoprionidae |
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Rank | Family |
Higher classification | Eugeneodontida |
Family | †Helicoprionidae; Karpinsky, 1911 |
Class | Chondrichthyes |
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ID | 3050068 |
About Agassizodontidae
The Helicoprionidae are an extinct, poorly known family of bizarre holocephalids within the poorly understood order Eugeneodontida. Members of the Helicoprionidae possessed a unique "tooth-whorl" on the symphysis of the lower jaw and pectoral fins supported by long radials.