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Melvius

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)58870https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=58870
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Amiiformes : Amiidae : Melvius
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
infraclassHolostei
orderAmiiformesHay 1929
familyAmiidaeHuxley 1861
subfamilyVidalamiinaeGrande and Bemis 1998
tribeVidalamiiniGrande and Bemis 1998
genusMelviusBryant 1987
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Melviusgenusbelongs to Amiidaestated with evidenceBryant, 1987
Melviusgenusbelongs to AmiidaeimpliedBryant, 1989
Melviusgenusbelongs to Vidalamiinistated with evidenceGrande and Bemis, 1998
Melviusgenusbelongs to Amiidaestated without evidencePearson et al., 2002
Melviusgenusbelongs to Vidalamiinistated without evidenceSullivan et al., 2011
Melviusgenusbelongs to Vidalamiinaestated without evidenceCantalice et al., 2019
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Amiiformes)
Dietcarnivore, piscivore (based on Amiiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. J. Bryant. 1987. A new genus and species of Amiidae (Holostei; Osteichthyes) from the Late Cretaceous of North America, with comments on the phylogeny of the Amiidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(4):349-361

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Melvius chauliodous
species
listed (PBDB)283.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Melvius thomasi
species
listed (PBDB)3372.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1987Melvius Bryant
1989Melvius Bryant p. 22
1998Melvius Grande and Bemis p. 397
2002Melvius Pearson et al. p. 154
2011Melvius Sullivan et al. p. 475
2019Melvius Cantalice et al. p. 434

References

Bryant L. J. (1987) A new genus and species of Amiidae (Holostei; Osteichthyes) from the Late Cretaceous of North America, with comments on the phylogeny of the Amiidae, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7 4, 349-361
Bryant L. J. (1989) Non-dinosaurian lower vertebrates across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in northeastern Montana, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 134, 1-107
Grande L., Bemis W. E. (1998) A comprehensive phylogenetic study of amiid fishes (Amiidae) based on comparative skeletal anatomy. An empirical search for interconnected patterns of natural history. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 4, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18 1, suppl., 1-690
Pearson D. A., Schaefer T., et al (2002) Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in southwestern North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota, The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains: An Integrated Continental Record of the End of the Cretaceous, Geological Society of America Special Paper 361, 145-167
Sullivan R. M., Lucas S. G., et al (2011) Preliminary observations on a skull of the amiid fish Melvius, from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 53, 475-483
Cantalice K. M., Martinez-Melo A. M., et al (2019) The paleoichthyofauna housed in the Colección Nacional de Paleontología of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Zoosystematics and Evolution 95 2, 429-452 doi:10.3897/zse.95.35435
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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