''Ichthyoceros spinosus'' is an extinct

pycnodontid Pycnodontidae is an extinct family of ray-finned fishes, ranging from the Triassic period until the Eocene. Genera * '' Acrotemnus'' Agassiz, 1843 * '' Anomoeodus'' Forir, 1887 * ''Athrodon'' Sauvage, 1880 * '' Callodus'' Thurmond, 1974 * '' Coc ...

that lived during the lower

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...

of what is now

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. ''I. spinosus'' had a triple, forward-pointing horn-like spine between its eyes, very similar to the single spine of ''

Trewavasia ''Trewavasia carinata'' is an extinct pycnodontid fish in the family Coccodontidae that lived during the lower Cenomanian of what is now Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () o ...

'', and a massive, multipointed spine emanating from the back of its head. It was originally placed in the family Coccodontidae, but then was transferred to "Trewavasiidae" with ''Trewavasia''. Recently, it has been placed in Gladiopycnodontidae due to recent anatomical similarities with the various genera within that family, including '' Gladiopycnodus''.

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Pycnodontiformes genera Late Cretaceous fish Extinct animals of Europe {{cretaceous-fish-stub

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