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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.
It was recombined as Melvius chauliodous by Grande and Bemis (1998) and Sullivan et al. (2011).
It was recombined as Melvius chauliodous by Grande and Bemis (1998) and Sullivan et al. (2011).
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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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.
†Melvius chauliodous Hall and Wolberg 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (2 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) | Melvius chauliodous (138830) |