Megalichthys
Megalichthys is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Carboniferous period. It is the type genus of the family Megalichthyidae. The type species is M. hibberti.[1] The species M. mullisoni is known from the Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania.[2]
| Megalichthys Temporal range: Carboniferous | |
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| Restoration of M. hibberti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Order: | †Osteolepiformes |
| Family: | †Megalichthyidae |
| Genus: | †Megalichthys Agassiz, 1835 |
| Type species | |
| Megalichthys hibberti Agassiz, 1835 | |
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References
- 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.
- 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. Online edition: e1774771. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1774771.
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