Trewavasia
| Trewavasia Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian[1] | |
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| fossil of T. carinata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Pycnodontiformes |
| Family: | Coccodontidae[2] |
| Genus: | Trewavasia |
| Species: | T. carinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Trewavasia carinata | |
Trewavasia carinata is an extinct pycnodontid that lived during the lower Cenomanian of what is now Lebanon.[1] 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.
Artist's reconstruction
References
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ 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.
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