Melvius

Melvius; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 74.8–66 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Amiiformes
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

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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