Trewavasia Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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fossil of T. carinata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Pycnodontiformes |
Family: | †Coccodontidae |
Genus: | †Trewavasia White & Moy-Thomas, 1941 |
Species: | †T. carinata |
Binomial name | |
†Trewavasia carinata (Davis, 1887) |
Trewavasia carinata is an extinct pycnodontid fish in the family Coccodontidae that lived during the lower Cenomanian of what is now Lebanon. It had a large, forward-pointing horn-like spine between its eyes, and a massive stump-like spine emanating from the back of its head. T. carinata is closely related the genera Corusichthys and Hensodon, as well as Coccodus.
References
- 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.
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Trewavasia |
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