Melanosteus (original) (raw)

Melanosteus is an extinct genus of small (skull about 5 centimeters long) selenosteid arthrodire placoderms of the Late Devonian period known from the Upper Frasnian Montagne Noire of Southern France. Rücklin (2011) regards Melanosteus as the sister taxon of Rhinosteus. During the Frasnian stage, Melanosteus occitanus lived off the coast of an island continent, "Armorica," which consisted of portions of what would become Southern France.