''Corusichthys megacephalus'' is an extinct
pycnodontid that lived during the lower
Cenomanian of what is now
Lebanon
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''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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Prehistoric fish
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References
Cretaceous bony fish
Pycnodontiformes genera
Late Cretaceous fish of Asia
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