Kingdom Animalia Infraphylum Gnathostomata Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Order Pycnodontiformes | Subphylum Vertebrata Superclass Osteichthyes Family Coccodontidae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Hensodon, Trewavasia, Coccodus | ||
Corusichthys megacephalus is an extinct pycnodontid that lived during the lower Cenomanian of what is now Lebanon. 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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