†family Megalichthyidae Hay 1902 (lobe-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Osteolepiformes - Megalichthyidae
Synonyms: Ectosteorhachidae Berg 1940, Parabatrachidae Berg 1955
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1902. Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1-868
Parent taxon: Osteolepiformes according to B. Swartz 2012
See also Borgen and Nakrem 2016, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, van der Laan 2019 and Young et al. 1992
Sister taxa: Cryptolepis, Litoptychus, Lohsania, Mahalalepis, Megapomus, Platyethmoidia, Sengoerichthys, Vorobjevaia
Subtaxa: Askerichthyinae Askerichthys Cladarosymblema Coelosteus Ectosteorhachinae Ectosteorhachis Megalichthyinae Parabatrachus Sterropterygion
Type: Megalichthys
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