Megalichthys
Encyclopedia
Megalichthys is a genus
of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Carboniferous
period. It is the type genus
of the family Megalichthyidae
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Carboniferous
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Devonian Period, about 359.2 ± 2.5 Mya , to the beginning of the Permian Period, about 299.0 ± 0.8 Mya . The name is derived from the Latin word for coal, carbo. Carboniferous means "coal-bearing"...
period. It is the type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
of the family Megalichthyidae
Megalichthyidae
Megalichthyidae is a family of prehistoric lobe-finned fishes which lived during the Carboniferous period ....
.