Alternative spelling: Megalichthyes
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, Caldwell and Wellstead 2007, Downs and Daeschler 2020, Hay 1902, Heintz 1934, van der Laan 2019, White and Moy-Thomas 1940 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Centrodus striatulus Megalichthys coccolepis Megalichthys hibberti Megalichthys intermedius Megalichthys laevis Megalichthys laticeps Megalichthys macropoma Megalichthys maxillaris Megalichthys mullisoni Megalichthys nitens Megalichthys priscus Megalichthys pygmaeus Megalichthys rugosus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of Norway (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (8), United States (1: West Virginia)
• Devonian of United States (1: Pennsylvania)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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