†Melanoacanthus Cumbaa and Schultze 2002 (spiny fish)
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Acanthodii - Acanthodiformes - Mesacanthidae
Full reference: S. Cumbaa and H.P. Schultze. 2002. An Early Devonian (Emsian) acanthodian from the Bear Rock Formation, Anderson River, Northwest Territories, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Science 39:1457-1465
Parent taxon: Mesacanthidae according to S. Cumbaa and H.P. Schultze 2002
Sister taxon: Mesacanthus
Subtaxa: Melanoacanthus minutus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Anderson River, 330km east of Inuvik (Devonian of Northern Territories)
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