Megalichthys

Megalichthys Temporal range: Carboniferous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Sarcopterygii
Family:	Megalichthyidae
Genus:	Megalichthys
Type species
Megalichthys hibberti Agassiz, 1843
Species
M. agassizianus (Lohest, 1889) M. coccolepis (Young, 1870) M. hibberti Agassiz, 1843 M. intermedius (Woodward, 1891) M. laticeps (Traquair, 1884) M. macropomus (Cope, 1892)

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.

References

Major clades

Rhizodontida Megalichthyiformes Eotetrapodiformes Tristichopteridae Stegocephalia Baphetoidea Tetrapoda

Gooloogongia Propycnotenion Pycnoctenion

Rhizodontidae	Archichthys Barameda Rhizodus

Sauripteridae	Aztecia Letognathus Sauripterus Screbinodus Strepsodus

Gogonasus Gyroptychius Medoevia

Osteolepidae	Muranjilepis Osteolepis Thursius

Megalichthyidae	Cladarosymblema Ectosteorhachis Mahalalepis Megalichthys Megapomus Megistolepis Palatinichthys Sengoerichthys

Platycephalichthys Tinirau

Tristichopteridae	Cabonnichthys Callistipterus Canningius Devonosteus Eusthenodon Eusthenopteron Heddleichthys Hyneria Jarvikina Langlieria Litoptychius Mandageria Notorhizodon Spodichthys Tristichopterus

Elpistostegalia	Panderichthys Stegocephalia

Eucritta Spathicephalus

Baphetinae	Baphetes

Loxommatinae	Kyrinion Loxomma Megalocephalus

Related categories

Sarcopterygii Tetrapods

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