Cephaloxenus Explained

Cephaloxenus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the early Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.^{[1] [2]}

It contains two species:

• †C. macropterus Brough, 1939 - Ladinian of Italy and Switzerland
• †C. squamiserratus Bürgin, 1992 - Ladinian of Italy

It was often classified as a peltopleurid, but has more recently been classified as a perleidiform in its own monotypic family, Cephaloxenidae.^[3]

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

Notes and References

1. Sepkoski . Jack . A compendium of fossil marine animal genera . Bulletins of American Paleontology . 364 . 560 . 2002 . 2009-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class . 2009-02-20 .
2. Web site: PBDB Taxon . 2024-05-03 . paleobiodb.org.
3. Book: Nelson, Joseph S. . Fishes of the World . Grande . Terry C. . Wilson . Mark V. H. . 2016-02-22 . Wiley . 978-1-118-34233-6.