Megalichthys

Megalichthys
Temporal range: 365.0–298.9 Ma Devonian - Carboniferous[1]
Restoration of M. hibberti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. hibberti Agassiz, 1839
  • M. pygmaeus Traquair, 1879
  • M. laticeps Traquair, 1884
  • M. syndentolaminaris Borgen and Nakrem, 2016
  • M. mullisoni Downs 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]

  1. ^ a b "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.