Corusichthys Extinct genus of fishes
Corusichthys pycnodontiform that lived during the Late Cretaceous of what is now Lebanon. It contains a single species, C. megacephalus 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 Hensodon Coccodus [ 1] [ 4] [ 5]
References
1 2 3 4 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 . ↑ 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 . ↑ 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 . ↑ 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 . ↑ 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 .
