Gnathostomata - Crossopterygii - Osteolepidae
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1848. On some new Fossil Fish of the Carboniferous Period. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 2:1-10
Belongs to Centrodus according to F. M'Coy 1855
Sister taxa: Megalichthys anceps, Megalichthys angustus, Megalichthys coccolepis, Megalichthys hibberti, Megalichthys incurvus, Megalichthys intermedius, Megalichthys laevis, Megalichthys laticeps, Megalichthys macropoma, Megalichthys maxillaris, Megalichthys mullisoni, Megalichthys nitens, Megalichthys priscus, Megalichthys pygmaeus, Megalichthys rugosus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Carluke, Lanarkshire, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine shale in the United Kingdom
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Carluke, Lanarkshire
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