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Melvius chauliodous
Taxonomy
Amia chauliodeia was named by Hall and Wolberg (1989). Its type specimen is KUVP 88378, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is DMNH 5812, which is in a Campanian pond mudstone in the Fruitland Formation of New Mexico.
It was recombined as Melvius chauliodous by Grande and Bemis (1998), Sullivan et al. (2011).
It was recombined as Melvius chauliodous by Grande and Bemis (1998), Sullivan et al. (2011).
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2009-07-15; modified by D. Sinopoli on 2026-05-19
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Amia chauliodeia Hall and Wolberg |
| 1998 | Melvius chauliodous Grande and Bemis p. 401 |
| 2011 | Melvius chauliodous Sullivan et al. p. 475 |
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†Melvius chauliodous Hall and Wolberg 1989
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. P. Hall and D. L. Wolberg 1989 | Diagnosis. -A large, robust amiid with total length greater than one meter; dentary thickened anteriorly with at least 25 teeth; alveoli on outer margin of bone extending to posterior margin of dentary and decreasing in size posteriorly; dentary and angular lacking internal sensory canals; metaptyergoid almost square in shape with relatively small metapterygoid pro ess. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (Utah) | Melvius chauliodous (167916) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | Amia chauliodeia (type locality: 195187) Melvius chauliodous (138830) |