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Megalichthys macropoma

Crossopterygii - Osteolepidae

Taxonomy
Megalichthys macropomus was named by Cope (1892).

It was recombined as Parabatrachus macropomus by Hay (1902); it was corrected as Megalichthys macropoma by Schultze (1973) and Borgen and Nakrem (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Megalichthys macropomus Cope p. 226 figs. pl. VIII
1902Parabatrachus macropomus Hay p. 362
1903Megalichthys macropomus Eastman p. 187
1973Megalichthys macropoma Schultze
2016Megalichthys macropoma Borgen and Nakrem

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
orderCrossopterygii()
familyOsteolepidae
genusMegalichthys
speciesmacropoma()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988
Collections
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