Megalichthys
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| Megalichthys | |
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| Restoration of M. hibberti | |
Scientific 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 | |
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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
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- ^ a b "Megalichthys". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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