Placodermi - Arthrodira - Selenosteidae

Synonym: Melanosteus Lelievre and Goujet 1987 [replaced name]

Full reference: A. Prokofiev. 2023. Replacing two fossil vertebrate names, currently preoccupied (Placodermi and Mammalia). Munis Entomology and Zoology 18(1):696-697

Parent taxon: Selenosteidae according to M. Rücklin 2011

See also Prokofiev 2023 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Melanomontanosteus occitanus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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

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