Melvius thomasi Bryant, 1989

Remarks

• Collector:    Lee Garrison

• Formation:  Montana Group, Hell Creek Formation

• Location:     Butte County, South Dakota

• Data compiled by Lee Garrison

General Info

Synonyms (a few reports from the literature)

• A bowfin

• 1989 Melvius thomasi Bryant

• 1998 Melvius thomasi Bryant; Grande & Bemis

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Montana Group, Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota and Montana

Age

• Melvius thomasi Bryant ranges from the middle Late Campanian to Latest Maastrichtian Stage (~70–65 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Butte County, SD

• Carter County, MT

Remarks

       For photographs and information, see:

• Bryant, L.J. 1989.  Non-Dinosaurian Lower Vertebrates Across the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in North-Eastern Montana.  University of California Publications, 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.