Melanognathus (Greek for "black jaw") is a genus of prehistoric lungfish which lived during the Devonian period.[1]

Melanognathus
Temporal range: Devonian
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Genus:
Melanognathus
Species:
M. canadensis
Binomial name
Melanognathus canadensis

References edit

  1. ^ SCHULTZE H.P. (2001). MELANOGNATHUS, A PRIMITIVE DIPNOAN FROM THE LOWER DEVONIAN OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC AND THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF DEVONIAN DIPNOANS. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 21, No. 4 pp. 781–794