Melanecta Coates 1998 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri

Full reference: M. I. Coates. 1998. Actinopterygians from the Namurian of Bearsden, Scotland, with comments on early actinopterygian neurocrania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 122(1-2):1-384

Parent taxon: Actinopteri according to M. I. Coates 1998

Sister taxa: Anaglyphus, Angatubichthys, Bethesdaichthys, Blourugia, Docopteri, Frederichthys, Kompasia, Lanarkichthys, Limnomis, Lysopteri, Merospondyli, Mesichthyes, Moythomasia, Neopterygii, Palaeophoxinus, Phthinobranchii, Plectospondyli, Pseudohaplolepis, Tarrasiidae, Westlepis, Woodichthys

Subtaxa: Melanecta anneae

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Type: Melanecta anneae

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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