Full reference: H. P. Schultze. 2001. Melanognathus, a primitive dipnoan from the Lower Devonian of the Canadian Arctic and the interrelationships of Devonian dipnoans. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(4):781-794
Parent taxon: Dipnoi according to H. P. Schultze 2001
Sister taxa: Adelargo, Amadeodipterus, Apatorhynchus, Ballagadus, Cathlorhynchus, Celsiodon, Ceratodonti, Ceratodontidae, Ceratodontiformes, Ceratodontoidei, Chirodipteroidea, Coccovedus, Ctenodontiformes, Ctenodontoidei, Ctenodus, Devonosteus, Diabolepidiformes, Dianodipterus, Dipnoiformes, Dipnorhynchiformes, Dipnorhynchina, Dipnorhynchoidei, Dipteri, Dipterida, Dipteriformes, Dipteroidei, Dongshanodus, Ferganoceratodus, Gnathorhizidae, Gosfordia, Harajicadipterus, Holodipterida, Jessenia, Limanichthys, Megapleuron, Melanognathus, Neoceratodontidae, Nielsenia, Occludus, Oervigia, Persephonichthys, Pinnalongus, Powichthyidae, Proceratodus, Protopteri, Ptychoceratodontidae, Sagenodontidae, Sinodipterus, Sirenoidei, Speonesydrionina, Speonysedrion, Synthetodus, Tarachomylax, Uranolophina, Uronemoidei, Xylognathus, Youngolepididae
Subtaxa: Westollrhynchus lehmanni
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Schmiedenberg Quarry, middle Kaub Formation (Devonian of Germany)
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