Coccodus
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Coccodus is an extinct genus of extinct pycnodontid fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian.[1] The various species had a pair of massive, curved spines emanating from the lower sides of the head, and one curved spine on the top of its head. Unlike most pycnodontids (which tend to have short, marine butterflyfish-like bodies), Coccodus species had a comparatively long body, giving the living animals a superficial resemblance to a chimaera.
Coccodus is closely related to the similarly-spined genera Trewavasia, Ichthyoceros, and Hensodon, which also lived during the Cenomanian of Lebanon.
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