†Helicoprion Karpinsky 1899 (chimaera)
Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Agassizodontidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 34459
Synonym: Lissoprion Hay 1907 (taxon 216969)
Full reference: A. Karpinsky. 1899. Ueber die Reste von Edestiden und die neue Gattung Helicoprion. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Russischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft zu St. Petersburg, Zweite Series 36:1-111
Parent taxon: Helicoprionidae according to W. M. Itano and S. G. Lucas 2018
Sister taxa: Campyloprion, Hunanohelicoprion, Sinohelicoprion, Sarcoprion, Arpagodus, Parahelicoprion, Agassizodus, Toxoprion
Subtaxa: Helicoprion bessonowi, Helicoprion davisii, Helicoprion ergassaminon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore