Melvius

Melvius
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 74.8–66 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Amiidae
Subfamily: Vidalamiinae
Tribe: Vidalamiini
Genus: Melvius
Bryant, 1987
Type species
Melvius thomasi
Bryant, 1987
Species

M. thomasi
Bryant, 1879 (type)
M. chauliodous
(Hall and Wolburg, 1989 [originally Amia? chauliodous])

Synonyms

Amia? chauliodous Hall and Wolburg, 1989

Melvius is a genus of vidalamiin amiid fish from the Late Cretaceous. The species Melvius chauliodous, named and described by Hall and Wolburg in 1989, is now considered to be one of the index taxa of the Kirtlandian land-vertebrate age.[1]

References

  1. Sullivan, R.M.; Jasinski, S.E.; Lucas, S.G. (2011). Sullivan, R.M. et al., eds. "Fossil Record 3" (PDF). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 53: 475–483. |chapter= ignored (help)
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