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Melvius thomasi ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)58871https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=58871
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Amiiformes : Amiidae : Melvius : Melvius thomasi
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
speciesMelvius thomasiBryant 1987
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Melvius thomasispeciesbelongs to Melviusstated without evidenceBryant, 1987
Melvius thomasispeciesbelongs to MelviusimpliedBryant, 1989
Melvius thomasispeciesbelongs to Melviusstated with evidenceGrande and Bemis, 1998
Melvius thomasispeciesbelongs to Melviusstated without evidenceSullivan et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentbrackish,freshwater (based on Melvius thomasi)
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

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1987Melvius thomasi Bryant
1989Melvius thomasi Bryant p. 22
1998Melvius thomasi Grande and Bemis p. 397
2011Melvius thomasi Sullivan et al. p. 475

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
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
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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