Megalichthyidae

Megalichthyidae; Temporal range: Late Devonian–Early Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Clade:	†Megalichthyiformes
Family:	†Megalichthyidae
Genera
	†Askerichthys Borgen & Nakrem, 2016; †Cladarosymblema Fox et al. 1995; †Ectosteorhachis Cope 1880; †Mahalalepis Young, Long & Ritchie 1992; †Megalichthys; †Megapomus Vorobyeva 1977; †Megistolepis Vorobyeva Vorobjeva 1977; †Palatinichthys; †Sengoerichthys Janvier, Clement & Cloutier 2007;

The Megalichthyidae are a family of prehistoric lobe-finned fishes which lived from the late Devonian to the early Permian period.^[2]

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Swartz, 2012:^[3]

?†Mahalalepis resima Young, Long & Ritchie 1992

?†Megapomus markovskyi Vorobyeva 1977

?†Megistolepis klementzi (Obruchev 1955) Vorobjeva 1977

?†Sengoerichthys ottoman Janvier, Clement & Cloutier 2007

	†Cladarosymblema narrienense Fox et al. 1995

	†Megalichthys

^ Ulf J. Borgen; Hans A. Nakrem (2016). Fossils and Strata, Number 61, Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of osteolepiform fish. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 1–514. doi:10.1002/9781119286448. ISBN 978-1-119-28643-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "A megalichthyid sarcopterygian fish from the Lower Permian (Autunian) of the Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany". Geobios. 45 (2): 241–248. 2012. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2011.03.002. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
^ Swartz, B. (2012). "A marine stem-tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America". PLoS ONE. 7 (3): e33683. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033683. PMC 3308997. PMID 22448265.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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