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Coccodus Temporal range: Upper Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Coccodus insignis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Pycnodontiformes
Family:	†Coccodontidae
Genus:	†Coccodus Pictet, 1850
Species
†C. armatus Pictet, 1850 †C. insignis Hay, 1903

Coccodus is an extinct genus of marine pycnodontid fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous. The various species had a pair of massive, curved spines emanating from the lower sides of the head, and one curved spine on the top of its head. Unlike most pycnodontids (which tend to have short, marine butterflyfish-like bodies), Coccodus species had a comparatively long body, giving the living animals a superficial resemblance to a scaly chimaera.

Coccodus is closely related to the similarly spined genera Trewavasia, Corusichthys, Paracoccodus, and Hensodon, which also lived during the Cenomanian of Lebanon.

Taxonomy

Two species are known, both from the Cenomanian-aged Sannine Formation of Lebanon:

• †C. armatus Pictet, 1850 - Hakel locality of Sannine Formation
• †C. insignis Hay, 1903 - Hjoula locality of Sannine Formation

The species Coccodus lindstroemi was recently determined to be a species complex, and various specimens assigned to C. lindstroemi were redescribed as species of the gladiopycnodontid genus Joinivillichthys

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
3. Taverne, Louis, and Luigi Capasso. "On the “Coccodus” lindstroemi species complex (Pycnodontiformes, Gladiopycnodontidae) from the marine Late Cretaceous of Lebanon, with the description of two new genera." European Journal of Taxonomy 101 (2014).

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Actinopterygii see Actinopterygii Neopterygii see Neopterygii Pycnodontiformes see below↓ Pycnodontiformes
Pycnodontiformes Acrorhinichthys Apomesodon Arduafrons Athrodon Grimmenodon Gyrodus Macromesodon Paramesturus Piranhamesodon Thurmondella Mesturidae Mesturus Micropycnodon? Brembodontidae Brembodus Eomesodon? Gibbodon? Serrasalmimidae Damergouia Diastemapycnodus Eoserrasalmimus Polygyrodus Serrasalmimus Coccodontoidea Congopycnodus Gebrayelichthyidae Gebrayelichthys Maraldichthys Coccodontidae Coccodus Corusichthys Cosmodus? Hensodon Ichthyoceros? Paracoccodus Trewavasia Gladiopycnodontidae Ducrotayichthys Gladiopycnodus Hayolperichthys Ichthyoceros? Joinvillichthys Monocerichthys Pankowskichthys Rostropycnodus Stenoprotome Tricherichthys Pycnodontidae Acrotemnus Agassizilia? Akromystax Anomoeodus Brauccipycnodus Coelodus Costapycnodus Gregoriopycnodus Haqelpycnodus Iemanja Libanopycnodus Macropycnodon? Neoproscinetes Njoerdichthys Ocloedus Potiguara Rhinopycnodus Sigmapycnodus Stemmatodus Stenamara Tepexichthys Texasensis Thiollierepycnodus Turbomesodon Proscinetinae Neoproscinetes Proscinetes Thiollierepycnodus? Turbomesodon? Turboscinetes Nursalliinae Abdobalistum Flagellipinna Neomesturus? Nursallia Palaeobalistum? Paranursallia Pycnodontinae Agoultpycnodus Oropycnodus Polazzodus Pycnodus Scalacurvichthys Sylvienodus Tergestinia

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• Pycnodontiformes genera
• Late Cretaceous bony fish
• Late Cretaceous fish of Asia
• Cenomanian genera
• Fossils of Lebanon
• Fossil taxa described in 1850
• Taxa named by François Jules Pictet de la Rive
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