Megalichthyiformes
Extinct clade of tetrapodomorphs
title: "Megalichthyiformes" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["tetrapodomorpha", "devonian-sarcopterygians", "carboniferous-sarcopterygians", "permian-bony-fish"] description: "Extinct clade of tetrapodomorphs" topic_path: "general/tetrapodomorpha" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalichthyiformes" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Extinct clade of tetrapodomorphs ::
| fossil_range = Middle Devonian to early Permian | image = Megalichthys NT.jpg | image_caption = Life restoration of Megalichthys hibberti | taxon = Megalichthyiformes | authority = Coates & Friedman, 2010 | subdivision_ranks = Subgroups | subdivision =
Megalichthyiformes is an extinct clade of basal tetrapodomorphs which first appeared during the Devonian period. It was named in 2010 by Michael I. Coates and Matt Friedman, who defined it as a stem-based taxon containing all tetrapodomorphs closer to Megalichthys than to Eusthenopteron.
Below is a cladogram showing Megalichthyiformes modified from Swartz (2012).
|label1=Megalichthyiformes |1={{clade |1=†Gogonasus |2={{clade |1=†Gyroptychius |2={{clade |1=†Osteolepis |2={{clade |1=†Medoevia |4=†Megalichthyidae
References
References
- (2010). "Morphology, Phylogeny and Paleobiogeography of Fossil Fishes". F. Pfeil.
- Swartz, B.. (2012). "A marine stem-tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America". PLOS ONE.
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