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Megalocephalus lineolatus

Osteichthyes - Baphetidae

Taxonomy
Leptophractus lineolatus was named by Cope (1877). Its type specimen is AMNH 6828 (formerly Newberry 1086/1087G), a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Linton, which is in a Westphalian D mire/swamp coal in Ohio.

It was recombined as Megalocephalus lineolatus by Baird (1957).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Leptophractus lineolatus Cope
1885Anisodexis enchodus Cope p. 406
1902Leptophractus lineolatus Hay p. 419
1902Anisodexis enchodus Hay p. 423
1957Megalocephalus lineolatus Baird
1986Megalocephalus enchodus Hook and Baird

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
superfamilyBaphetoideaCope 1875
familyBaphetidae
subfamilyLoxommatinaeLydekker 1889
genusMegalocephalus
specieslineolatus(Cope 1877)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Megalocephalus enchodus Cope 1885 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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