Megalichthys

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Megalichthys
Temporal range: 365.0–298.9  Ma
Megalichthys hibberti.jpg
Restoration of M. hibberti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Clade: Megalichthyiformes
Family: Megalichthyidae
Genus: Megalichthys
Agassiz, 1839
Type species
Megalichthys hibberti
Agassiz, 1839
Species
  • M. hibbertiAgassiz, 1839
  • M. pygmaeusTraquair, 1879
  • M. laticepsTraquair, 1884
  • M. syndentolaminarisBorgen and Nakrem, 2016
  • M. mullisoniDowns and Daeschler, 2020

Megalichthys is a genus of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. [1] It is the type genus of the family Megalichthyidae. The type species is M. hibberti. [2] The species M. mullisoni, named for fossil preparator C Frederick Mullison, is known from the Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "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. Bibcode:1900PYGS...14...52W. 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. Bibcode:2020JVPal..40E4771D. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1774771. S2CID   222210660.