Corusichthys

Corusichthys Temporal range: Late Cenomanian [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Holotype specimen
Scientific 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 is an extinct marine pycnodontiform that lived during the Late Cretaceous of what is now Lebanon. It contains a single species, C. megacephalus from the late Cenomanian-aged Haqel site of the Sannine Formation. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Life restoration

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. ^[1] C. megacephalus is closely related the genera Trewavasia and Hensodon , as well as Coccodus . ^{[1] [4] [5]}

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. 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.
2. George, Hady; Bazzi, Mohamad; Hossny, Tamara El; Ashraf, Nida; Saad, Pierre Abi; Clements, Thomas (2024-04-29). "The famous fish beds of Lebanon: the Upper Cretaceous Lagerstätten of Haqel, Hjoula, Nammoura, and Sahel Aalma". Journal of the Geological Society. 181 (5). Bibcode:2024JGSoc.181..210G. doi: 10.1144/jgs2023-210 . ISSN   0016-7649.
3. Amalfitano, Jacopo; Giusberti, Luca; Fornaciari, Eliana; Carnevale, Giorgio (2020-04-03). "Upper Cenomanian Fishes from the Bonarelli Level (Oae2) of Northeastern Italy". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 126 (2). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/13224. ISSN   2039-4942.
4. Capasso, Luigi (2024-08-02). "Biodiversity of †pycnodonts (Actinopterygii) during the Cenomanian–Turonian (Upper Cretaceous)" . Historical Biology. 36 (8): 1557–1569. Bibcode:2024HBio...36.1557C. doi:10.1080/08912963.2023.2221269. ISSN   0891-2963.
5. Cawley, John J.; Marramà, Giuseppe; Carnevale, Giorgio; Villafaña, Jaime A.; López-Romero, Faviel A.; Kriwet, Jürgen (2021). "Rise and fall of †Pycnodontiformes: Diversity, competition and extinction of a successful fish clade". Ecology and Evolution. 11 (4): 1769–1796. Bibcode:2021EcoEv..11.1769C. doi:10.1002/ece3.7168. ISSN   2045-7758. PMC   7882952 . PMID   33614003.