Melanosteus Lelievre and Goujet 1987 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Selenosteidae

Parent taxon: Selenosteidae according to M. Rücklin 2011

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amazichthys, Braunosteus, Draconichthys, Enseosteus, Gymnotrachelus, Microsteus, Pachyosteus, Paramylostoma, Rhinosteus, Selenosteus, Stenosteus, Walterosteus

Subtaxa: Melanosteus occitanus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Griotte Limestone (Devonian of France)

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