Megalichthys

Megalichthys is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Carboniferous period.[1] It is the type genus of the family Megalichthyidae. The type species is M. hibberti.[2] The species M. mullisoni is known from the Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania.[3]

Megalichthys
Temporal range: Carboniferous[1]
Restoration of M. hibberti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Clade: †Megalichthyiformes
Family: †Megalichthyidae
Genus: †Megalichthys
Agassiz, 1835
Type species
Megalichthys hibberti
Agassiz, 1835
Species
  • M. hibberti Agassiz, 1835
  • M. pygmaeus Traquair, 1879
  • M. laticeps Traquair, 1884
  • M. syndentolaminaris Borgen and Nakrem, 2016
  • M. mullisoni Downs and Daeschler, 2020

References
  1. "Megalichthys". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  2. Wellburn, E. D. (1900). "On the Genus Megalichthys, Agassiz: Its History, Systematic Position, and Structure". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 14 (1): 52–71. doi:10.1144/pygs.14.1.52.
  3. Jason P. Downs; Edward B. Daeschler (2020). "A new species of Megalichthys (Sarcopterygii, Megalichthyidae) from the Upper Devonian (Famennian) of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and a report on the cosmine-covered osteolepiform fossils of the Catskill Formation". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (2): e1774771. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1774771. S2CID 222210660.


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