Amphidon

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Amphidon
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eutriconodonta
Family: Amphidontidae
Genus: Amphidon
Simpson, 1925
Type species
Amphidon superstes
Simpson, 1925
Species [1]
  • A. superstes Simpson, 1925
  • A. aequicrurius Simpson, 1925
Synonyms [1]
  • Amphiodon

Amphidon is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation. It is present in stratigraphic zone five. [2] Two species have been named in the genus: Amphidon superstes and Amphidon aequicrurius, by Simpson in 1925. [3] [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Amphidon in the Paleobiology Database
  2. Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
  3. G.G. Simpson. 1925. "Mesozoic Mammalia. II: Tinodon and its allies". American Journal of Science, series 510(59): 451-470
  4. Rougier, Guillermo W.; Isagi,Shinji; Manabe, Makoto (June 2007). "An Early Cretaceous mammal from the Kuwajima Formation (Tetori Group), Japan, and a reassessment of Triconodont phylogeny". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 76 (2): 73–115. doi:10.2992/0097-4463(2007)76[73:AECMFT]2.0.CO;2. S2CID   85626914 . Retrieved 2010-01-11.