Biology:Megalichthys
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Megalichthyiformes |
| Family: | †Megalichthyidae |
| Genus: | †Megalichthys Agassiz, 1839 |
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| 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Megalichthys". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=209470&is_real_user=1.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1144/pygs.14.1.52. Bibcode: 1900PYGS...14...52W. https://zenodo.org/record/1448555.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1774771. Bibcode: 2020JVPal..40E4771D.
Wikidata ☰ Q29578875 entry
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