''Ctenocephalichthys'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
, generally considered a
holocentriform, that lived during the
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the more recent of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''cre ...
.
It is known from
Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or the lowest stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Cretace ...
to the
Santonian
The Santonian is an age in the geologic timescale or a chronostratigraphic stage. It is a subdivision of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 86.3 ± 0.7 mya ( million years ago) and 83.6 ± 0.7 m ...
of
Lebanon
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.
It contains the following species:
* †''C. brevispinus''
Gayet, 1982 - Santonian of Lebanon (
Sahel Alma) (=''C. brevissimus''
Gayet, 1982)
* †''C. longispinus''
Gaudant, 1969 - Cenomanian of Lebanon
* †''C. lorteri''
Gaudant, 1969 - Santonian of Lebanon (
type species
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)
See also
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Prehistoric fish
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Prehistoric fish are early fish that are known only from fossil records. They are the earliest known vertebrates, and include the first and extinct fish that lived through the Cambrian to the Quaternary. The study of prehistoric fish is ...
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List of prehistoric bony fish
This list of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus, genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish (class Osteichthyes), excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includ ...
References
Further reading
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Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Late Cretaceous fish of Asia
Late Cretaceous bony fish
Cenomanian genus first appearances
Santonian genus extinctions
Fossils of Lebanon
Fossil taxa described in 1969
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