Megalocephalus Lehman 1955 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Baphetoidea - Baphetidae

Full reference: J. P. Lehman. 1955. Rhachitomi. In J. Piveteau (ed.) Traite de Paleontologie. 5:67-125

Parent taxon: Loxommatinae according to J. A. Clack and A. R. Milner 2015

See also Beaumont 1977 and Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Kyrinion, Loxomma

Subtaxa: Megalocephalus brevicornis Megalocephalus lineolatus Megalocephalus pachycephalus

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Type: Octagomphus woodi

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (10 collections), United States (2: Ohio)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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