Megamastax Choo et al. 2014 (bony fish)

Osteichthyes

Full reference: B. Choo, M. Zhu, W. Zhao, L. Jia, and Y. Zhu. 2014. The largest Silurian vertebrate and its palaeoecological implications. Scientific Reports 4(1):5242

Parent taxon: Osteichthyes according to J. Lu et al. 2026

See also Choo et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Actinopterygii, Actinopterygii, Andreolepididae, Cephaloxeniformes, Coregonidae, Crenilepis, Cyclotomodon, Dialipiniformes, Ganoidei, Histiothrissinae, Iniomi, Lophosteidae, Naxilepis, Paleopterygii, Pattonia, Pattonia couttsi, Preophiodon, Sarcopterygii, Sparalepis, Tythonichthys, Hypostomata, Dipneusta, Aspidoganoidei, Chrondroterygia, Otolithopsis, Malacostomata, Azygostei, Charitosaurus, Percidarum, Lepidoleprus, Rhytiodus, Argentinoideorum, Ptilichnus, Teleostomata

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megamastax in the database

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