Melanosteus occitanus was named by Hervé Lelièvre and Daniel Goujet in 1987 for a specimen from
Montagne Noire consisting of the
jaws and the
cranial and
thoracic armor.[2] However, that genus name was
preoccupied by the
melanoscleriteMelanosteus.[3] In 2023, Artem M. Prokofiev proposed Melanomontanosteus as a
replacement name.[1]
Phylogeny
Melanomontanosteus has been classified as a member of the family Selenosteidae since its original description.[2] Below is a simplified
cladogram based on the results of Jobbins et al. (2022).[4]
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abEisenack, A. (1942). "Die Melanoskleritoiden, eine neue Gruppe silurischer Mikrofossilien aus dem Unterstamm der Nesseltiere". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 23 (1–2): 157–180.
Bibcode:
1942PalZ...23..157E.
doi:
10.1007/BF03184419.