Megalichthyidae

Megalichthyidae; Temporal range: Possible Middle Devonian record
	Fossil of Ectosteorhachis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Clade:	†Megalichthyiformes
Family:	†Megalichthyidae; Hay, 1902
Genera
	†Askerichthys Borgen & Nakrem, 2016; †Cladarosymblema Fox et al., 1995; †Cryptolepis? Vorobyeva, 1975; †Ectosteorhachis Cope, 1880; †Lohsania? Thomson & Vaughn, 1968; †Mahalalepis? Young et al., 1992; †Megalichthys Agassiz, 1835 (Type); †Megapomus? Vorobyeva, 1977; †Megistolepis? Vorobyeva, 1977; †Palatinichthys Witzmann & Schoch, 2012; †Rhizodopsis? Young, 1866; †Sengoerichthys Janvier et al., 2007; †Sterropterygion? Thomson, 1972;

Megalichthyidae is an extinct family of tetrapodomorphs which lived from the Middle–Late Devonian to the Early Permian. They are known primarily from freshwater deposits, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere (Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and North America), but one genus (Cladarosymblema) is known from Australia, and the possible megalichthyid Mahalalepis is from Antarctica.

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