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Melvius is a
genus of
vidalamiin amiid fish from the Late Cretaceous. The type species,
Melvius thomasi, was
described by
Bryant in 1987 from **** Cr****...
- †Vidalamiinae (Early Cretaceous)
Genus †Calamopleurus
Genus †Maliamia
Genus †
Melvius Genus †Pachyamia
Genus †Vidalamia
Subfamily incertae sedis Genus †Nipponamia...
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slightly smaller Late
Cretaceous amiid Melvius. Its
large size was
likely related to the
extinction of
Melvius and
other vidalamiines during the K-Pg...
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Amiidae Amia †Amiopsis †Calamopleurus †Cratoamia †Cyclurus †Hispanamia †Maliamia †
Melvius †Nipponamia †Pachyamia †Pseudamiatus †Solnhofenamia †Vidalamia...
- pterosaurs, and turtles. The
fishes are
represented by the two
species Melvius chauliodous and
Myledalphus bipartitus. The
crurotarsans include Brachychampsa...
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Patterson & Longbottom, 1989
Tribe †Vidalamiini
Grande & Bemis, 1998
Genus †
Melvius Bryant, 1987
Genus †Pachyamia
Chalifa &
Tchernov 1982
Genus †Vidalamia...
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Amiidae Amia †Amiopsis †Calamopleurus †Cratoamia †Cyclurus †Hispanamia †Maliamia †
Melvius †Nipponamia †Pachyamia †Pseudamiatus †Solnhofenamia †Vidalamia...
- centrosaurine. Non-dinosaurian
fauna include the
fishes Myledaphus bypartitus, and
Melvius chauliodous; the
turtles De****nemys ornata, De****nemys nodosa, Boremys...
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bowfin Amia
pattersoni in size. However, both were
slightly smaller than
Melvius and Amia basiloides, the two
largest known amiids. It is one of the earliest...
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genus of
lepisosteid gars.
Multiple of its
species are
still extant. †
Melvius Kirtlandian-Lancian (late Campanian-Maastrichtian) 74.8–66 Ma Kirtland...
