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Corusichthys

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Corusichthys
Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian[1]
Holotype specimen
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pycnodontiformes
Family: Coccodontidae
Genus: Corusichthys
Taverne & Capasso, 2014
Species:
C. megacephalus
Binomial name
Corusichthys megacephalus
Taverne & Capasso, 2014

Corusichthys megacephalus is an extinct pycnodontiform that lived during the lower Cenomanian of what is now Lebanon.[1] C. megacephalus is known from a 34 mm long fossil. It had plates arranged like a helmet around its head, and had a massive, triangular spine on its dorsal side. C. megacephalus is closely related the genera Trewavasia and Hensodon, as well as Coccodus.

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  1. ^ a b L. Taverne; L. Capasso (2014). "Ostéologie et phylogénie des Coccodontidae, une famille remarquable de poissons Pycnodontiformes du Crétacé supérieur marin du Liban, avec la description de deux nouveaux genres". Palaeontos. 25. Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2016-07-13.