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Megalichthys mullisoni

Crossopterygii - Osteolepidae

Taxonomy
Megalichthys mullisoni was named by Downs and Daeschler (2020). Its type specimen is ANSP 21152, a partial skull (skull roof and braincase, partial cheek, suboperculars, palatoquadrate, entopterygoid, dermopala- tine, ectopterygoid, lower jaw, and scales in articulation), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Red Hill site, which is in a Famennian delta plain sandstone in the Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Megalichthys mullisoni Downs and Daeschler p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
orderCrossopterygii()
familyOsteolepidae
genusMegalichthys
speciesmullisoni

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Megalichthys mullisoni Downs and Daeschler 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Famennian or 372.20000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Pennsylvania) Megalichthys mullisoni (type locality: 196360)