Osteolepididae


Osteolepididae is a family of primitive, fish-like tetrapodomorphs that lived during the Devonian period. The family is generally thought to be paraphyletic, with the traits that characterise the family being widely distributed among basal tetrapodomorphs and other osteichthyans. Some of the genera historically placed in Osteolepididae have more recently been assigned to the family Megalichthyidae, which appears to be a monophyletic group.

Genera

Below is a list of genera regarded as osteolepidids at some point:
  • Chrysolepis
  • Ectosteorhachis
  • Geptolepis
  • Glyptopomus
  • Gogonasus
  • Greiserolepis
  • Gyroptychius
  • "Diplopterus"
  • Kenichthys
  • Latvius
  • Medoevia
  • Megalichthys
  • Megapomus
  • Megistolepis
  • Muranjilepis
  • Osteolepis
  • Peregrina
  • Shirolepis
  • ''Thursius''