Megalichthyidae

The Megalichthyidae are a family of prehistoric lobe-finned fishes which lived from the late Devonian to the early Permian period.[2]

Megalichthyidae Temporal range: Late Devonian–Early Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Order:	†Osteolepiformes
Family:	†Megalichthyidae Hay, 1902
Genera
†Askerichthys Borgen & Nakrem, 2016[1] †Cladarosymblema Fox et al. 1995 †Ectosteorhachis Cope 1880[2] †Mahalalepis Young, Long & Ritchie 1992 †Megalichthys †Megapomus Vorobyeva 1977 †Megistolepis Vorobyeva Vorobjeva 1977 †Palatinichthys[2] †Sengoerichthys Janvier, Clement & Cloutier 2007[2]

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Swartz, 2012:[3]

	?†Mahalalepis resima Young, Long & Ritchie 1992     ?†Megapomus markovskyi Vorobyeva 1977     ?†Megistolepis klementzi (Obruchev 1955) Vorobjeva 1977     ?†Palatinichthys     ?†Sengoerichthys ottoman Janvier, Clement & Cloutier 2007     †Ectosteorhachis nitidus Cope 1880       †Cladarosymblema narrienense Fox et al. 1995     †Megalichthys

References

1. Ulf J. Borgen; Hans A. Nakrem (2016). Fossils and Strata, Number 61, Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of osteolepiform fish. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 1–514. doi:10.1002/9781119286448. ISBN 978-1-119-28643-1.
2. Florian Witzmann, Rainer R. Schoch (2012). "A megalichthyid sarcopterygian fish from the Lower Permian (Autunian) of the Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany". Geobios. 45 (2): 241–248. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2011.03.002.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
3. Swartz, B. (2012). "A marine stem-tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America". PLoS ONE. 7 (3): e33683. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033683. PMC 3308997. PMID 22448265.