Cephaloxenus

Cephaloxenus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the early Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.

It contains two species:

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

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References