Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Full reference: L. J. Bryant. 1988. 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
Belongs to Melvius according to L. Grande and W. E. Bemis 1998
See also Bryant 1988, Bryant 1989 and Sullivan et al. 2011
Sister taxon: Melvius chauliodous
Type specimen: UCMP 129600, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is UCMP V83117, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (41: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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