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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Perleidiformes (?) |
| Family: | †Cephaloxenidae Brough, 1939 |
| Genus: | †Cephaloxenus Brough, 1939 |
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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.[2][3]
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References edit
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ a b "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016-02-22). Fishes of the World. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
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