Trewavasia

Trewavasia; Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	fossil of T. carinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Pycnodontiformes
Family:	†Coccodontidae
Genus:	†Trewavasia; White & Moy-Thomas, 1941
Species:	†T. carinata
Binomial name
	†Trewavasia carinata; (Davis, 1887)

Trewavasia carinata is an extinct pycnodontid fish in the family Coccodontidae[1] that lived during the lower Cenomanian of what is now Lebanon.[2] 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

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.
Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.

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[TaverneCapassoCoccodontidae-1] 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.

[sepkoskidb-2] Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.