Melanodus loonesi Darras et al. 2008 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Copodontiformes - Copodontidae

Full reference: L. Darras, C. Derycke, A. Blieck and D. Vachard. 2008. The oldest holocephalan (Chondrichthyes) from the Middle Devonian of the Boulonnais (Pas-de-Calais, France). 7(5):297-304

Belongs to Melanodus according to L. Darras et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGL 1244, a tooth (tooth plate). Its type locality is Banc-Noir Quarry, which is in a Givetian deep subtidal shelf packstone/lime mudstone in the Blacourt Formation of France.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Banc-Noir Quarry

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