Helaletes

Helaletes
Temporal range: Early Eocene
H. nanus skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Helaletidae
Genus: Helaletes
Marsh, 1872
Species:
H. nanus
Binomial name
Helaletes nanus
Marsh, 1871

Helaletes is a genus of an extinct perissodactyls closely related to tapirs. Fossils have been found in North America.