Megalichthys Agassiz 1835 (jawed fish)

Gnathostomata - Crossopterygii - Osteolepidae

Synonym: Centrodus M'Coy 1848

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Taxonomic names, in On the fresh-water limestone of Burdiehouse in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, belonging to the Carboniferous group of rocks. With supplementary notes on other fresh-water limestones. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 13:169-282

Parent taxon: Osteolepidae according to C. R. Eastman 1903

See also Borgen and Nakrem 2016, Downs and Daeschler 2020, Hay 1902, Heintz 1934, White and Moy-Thomas 1940 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Diplopterus, Parabatrachus

Subtaxa: Centrodus striatulus Megalichthys anceps Megalichthys angustus Megalichthys coccolepis Megalichthys hibberti Megalichthys incurvus Megalichthys intermedius Megalichthys laevis Megalichthys laticeps Megalichthys macropoma Megalichthys maxillaris Megalichthys mullisoni Megalichthys nitens Megalichthys priscus Megalichthys pygmaeus Megalichthys rugosus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of Norway (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (7)

• Devonian of United States (1: Pennsylvania)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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