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Megalichthyidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Osteolepiformes : Megalichthyidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 388 - 383 Ma Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 315 - 299 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | O. P. Hay. 1902. Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1-868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cladarosymblema ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Coelosteus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
 Eusthenopteron ✝genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Mahalalepis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Rabdiolepis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Rhizodopsis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 12 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Sauripterus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||
| Sterropterygion ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1902 | Megalichthyidae Hay p. 359 |
| 1963 | Megalichthyidae Jordan p. 608 |
| 1992 | Megalichthyidae Young et al. |
| 2012 | Megalichthyidae Swartz |
| 2016 | Megalichthyidae Borgen and Nakrem |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
