Megalichthyidae

Megalichthyidae Temporal range: Late Devonian–Early Permian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Clade:	†Megalichthyiformes
Family:	†Megalichthyidae
Genera
†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.

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Swartz, 2012:

	?†Mahalalepis resima Young, Long & Ritchie 1992 ?†Megapomus markovskyi Vorobyeva 1977 ?†Megistolepis klementzi (Obruchev 1955) Vorobjeva 1977 ?†Palatinichthys ?†Sengoerichthys ottoman Janvier, Clement & Cloutier 2007 †Ectosteorhachis nitidus Cope 1880 †Cladarosymblema narrienense Fox et al. 1995 †Megalichthys