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| name = Melanognathus
| fossil_range = Devonian
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| subphylum = Vertebrata
| classis = Sarcopterygii
| subclassis = Dipnoi
| ordo = Uranolophina
| familia = Uranolophidae
| genus = Melanognathus
| species = M. canadensis
| binomial = Melanognathus canadensis
}}Melanognathus is a genus of prehistoric lungfish which lived during the Devonian period.[1]References1. ^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
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