Helmolepis is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Greenland, Madagascar and Canada (British Columbia).[1][2][3][4] Species of Helmolepis are small (between 5 centimetres (0.16 ft) and 8 centimetres (0.26 ft)). This genus is closely related with Platysiagum.
| Helmolepis Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Platysiagiformes |
| Family: | †Platysiagidae |
| Genus: | †Helmolepis Stensiö, 1932 |
| Type species | |
| †Helmolepis gracilis Stensiö, 1932 | |
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