Megalichthys

Megalichthys; Temporal range: 365.0–298.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Devonian - Carboniferous
	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
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]

References

^ ^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.