Corusichthys

Corusichthys is an extinct marine pycnodontiform that lived during the Late Cretaceous of what is now Lebanon.

It contains a single species, C. megacephalus from the late Cenomanian-aged Haqel site of the Sannine Formation.

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 and Hensodon, as well as Coccodus.

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