Osteichthyes - Tetrapoda - Anthracosauridae

Alternative combinations: Megalichthys lancifer, Rhizodus lancifer

Full reference: J. S. Newberry. 1856. Description of several new genera and species of fossil fishes from the Carboniferous strata of Ohio. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:96-100

Belongs to Anthracosaurus according to A. S. Romer 1963

See also Borgen and Nakrem 2016, Hay 1902 and Panchen 1970

Sister taxon: Anthracosaurus russelli

Type specimen: OSU 4500, a tooth (palatal tusk). Its type locality is Linton, which is in a Westphalian D mire/swamp coal in Ohio.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Linton

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