Melvius
| Melvius Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Possible Turonian record | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Halecomorphi |
| Order: | Amiiformes |
| Family: | Amiidae |
| Subfamily: | †Vidalamiinae |
| Tribe: | †Vidalamiini |
| Genus: | †Melvius Bryant, 1987 |
| Type species | |
| †Melvius thomasi Bryant, 1987 | |
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Melvius is a genus of vidalamiin amiid ray-finned fish from the Late Cretaceous. The type species, Melvius thomasi, was described by Bryant in 1987 from Hell Creek Formation. A second species Melvius chauliodous, was named and described by Hall and Wolberg in 1989 from Kirtland Formation, and it is now considered to be one of the index taxa of the Kirtlandian land-vertebrate age.