†Megalocephalus lineolatus Cope 1877 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Baphetoidea - Baphetidae

Alternative combination: Leptophractus lineolatus

Synonyms: Anisodexis enchodus Cope 1885, Megalocephalus enchodus Cope 1885

Belongs to Megalocephalus according to D. Baird 1957

See also Clack and Milner 2015, Cope 1877, Cope 1885, Hay 1902 and Hook and Baird 1986

Sister taxa: Megalocephalus brevicornis, Megalocephalus pachycephalus

Type specimens:

  • Megalocephalus lineolatus: AMNH 6828 (formerly Newberry 1086/1087G), a partial skull. Its type locality is Linton, which is in a Westphalian D mire/swamp coal in Ohio.
  • Megalocephalus enchodus:

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Ohio collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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