Biology:Trewavasia

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Trewavasia
Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian
Trewavasia carinata.JPG
fossil of T. carinata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Wikidata ☰ Q18609069 entry