Megalichthyidae
Megalichthyidae Temporal range:
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Fossil of Ectosteorhachis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Clade: | †Megalichthyiformes |
Family: | †Megalichthyidae Hay, 1902 |
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The Megalichthyidae are a family of prehistoric lobe-finned fishes which lived from the late Devonian to the early Permian period.[2]
Phylogeny[]
Below is a cladogram from Swartz, 2012:[3] An updated phylogeny of the 'megalichthyids' is given in Clement et al. 2021 which shows the group to be monophyletic and contain seven genera (Askerichthys, Mahalalepis, Sengoerichthys, Cladarosymblema, Megalichthys, Ectosteorhachis, and Palatinichthys).
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References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d 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)
- ^ Swartz, B. (2012). "A marine stem-tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America". PLOS ONE. 7 (3): e33683. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...733683S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033683. PMC 3308997. PMID 22448265.
Categories:
- Megalichthyiforms
- Carboniferous bony fish
- Prehistoric lobe-finned fish families
- Late Devonian first appearances
- Late Devonian animals
- Cisuralian extinctions
- Prehistoric lobe-finned fish stubs