Amphidon

Amphidon; Temporal range: Late Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Eutriconodonta
Family:	† Amphidontidae
Genus:	† Amphidon ; Simpson, 1925
Type species
	Amphidon superstes; Simpson, 1925
Species
	A. superstes Simpson, 1925 ; A. aequicrurius Simpson, 1925 ;
Synonyms
	Amphiodon;

Last updated May 28, 2025

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]

References

1 2 Amphidon in the Paleobiology Database
↑ Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
↑ G.G. Simpson. 1925. "Mesozoic Mammalia. II: Tinodon and its allies". American Journal of Science, series 510(59): 451-470
↑ 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.

Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.

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[PBDB-1] 1 2 Amphidon in the Paleobiology Database

[foster-appendix-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.

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Amphidon

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