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Vidalamiinae

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Vidalamiinae Grande and Bemis p. 337
2019Vidalamiinae Hoganson et al. p. 49
2019Vidalamiinae Tong et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
orderAmiiformesHay 1929
familyAmiidae
subfamilyVidalamiinae
subfamilyVidalamiinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Vidalamiinae Grande and Bemis 1998
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Tr. †Calamopleurini Grande and Bemis 1998
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G. †Calamopleurus Agassiz 1843
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Calamopleurus cylindricus Agassiz 1841
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Invalid names: Enneles audax Jordan and Branner 1908 [synonym]
Calamopleurus mawsoni Woodward 1902
Invalid names: Enneles Jordan and Branner 1908 [synonym]
G. †Maliamia Patterson and Longbottom 1989
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Maliamia gigas Patterson and Longbottom 1989
G. †Melvius Bryant 1988
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Melvius chauliodous Hall and Wolberg 1989
Melvius thomasi Bryant 1988
Tr. †Vidalamiini Grande and Bemis 1998
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G. †Pachyamia Chalifa and Tchernov 1982
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Pachyamia latimaxillaris Chalifa and Tchernov 1982
Pachyamia mexicana Grande and Bemis 1998
G. †Vidalamia White and Moy-Thomas 1941
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Vidalamia catalunica Sauvage 1903
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Invalid names: Amia montsechensis Lange 1968 [synonym], Megalurus sauvagei Vidal 1915 [synonym]
Invalid names: Vidalia Sauvage 1903 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:51:40
Modified: 2013-12-06 11:51:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Lutetian or 125.77000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (99 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Thailand (Changwat) Vidalamiinae indet. (201767)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Vidalamia catalunica (28006)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Vidalamiinae indet. (137567 137577)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (Maryland) Vidalamiinae indet. (14376)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (Texas) Melvius sp. (14408)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Pernambuco) Calamopleurus cylindricus (193049 193050 193051)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Brazil (Pernacumbo) Callamopleurus sp. (165422)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Texas) Lepisosteus sp. (14391) Melvius sp. (14411 27613 235729)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Algeria (Adrar) Calamopleurus africanus (59578)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Béchar) Calamopleurus africanus (224513)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Palestine Pachyamia latimaxillaris (11804)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Nunavut) Vidalamiinae indet. (45559)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Austria (Styria) Vidalamiinae indet. (224480)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Melvius sp. (52033)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Utah) Melvius sp. (14414)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Melvius sp. (14426 190344 190345)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Melvius sp. (200394 200396 200397)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Amiidae indet. (167530) Melvius sp. (230912)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Melvius chauliodous (167916)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Melvius sp. (14433 14458)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) Melvius chauliodous (138830) Melvius sp. (54101 138832)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arizona) Melvius sp. (24915 68255)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Coahuila) Melvius sp. (24257 24260 24261 35360)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Melvius sp. (219712)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Melvius sp. (14470)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Melvius sp. (167302)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Vidalamiinae indet. (230676)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuila) Melvius sp. (69800)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Vidalamiinae indet. (206967)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Amia sp. (14616) Melvius thomasi (14508 14516 14520 14525 14535 14548 14549 14568 14615 176689 192244)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Amia uintaensis (14514) Melvius thomasi (14519 14566 14577) Protamia sp. (14538 14626)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Melvius sp. (137704 137706 137724) Melvius thomasi (14610 137705 137707 137715 137727 137728 137732)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Melvius thomasi (123683)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Vidalamiinae indet. (32346)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Melvius sp. (137718 137720 213614) Melvius thomasi (45099 45102 45111 45117 45118 45128 45133 45137 45143 45144 45145 45381)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Melvius thomasi (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Melvius thomasi (45390)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Melvius thomasi (45313)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mali (Gao) Maliamia gigas (175262)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mali Maliamia gigas (48097 209422)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Senegal Vidalamiinae indet. (192108)