Osteichthyes - Osteolepiformes - Megalichthyidae
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 and Young et al. 1992
Sister taxa: Cryptolepis, Cyclolepidoidei, Lamprotolepididae, Litoptychius, Lohsania, Mahalalepis, Megapomus, Osteolepidoidei, Platyethmoidia, Sengoerichthys, Thysanolepis, Tristichopteridae, Viluichthys, Vorobjevaia
Subtaxa: Askerichthyinae Cladarosymblema Coelosteus Ectosteorhachinae Megalichthyinae Rabdiolepis Rhizodopsis Sterropterygion
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (1: Pennsylvania collection)
• Permian of United States (4: Oklahoma, Utah)
• Carboniferous of Poland (1), the United Kingdom (13)
• Devonian of Colombia (1)
Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences