Amphidon
Amphidon is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation. It is present in stratigraphic zone 5.[1] The only species in the genus is Amphidon aequicrurius, found by Simpson in 1925.[2]
| Amphidon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Amphidontidae |
| Genus: | †Amphidon Simpson, 1925 |
| Species: | †A. aequicrurius |
| Binomial name | |
| †Amphidon aequicrurius Simpson, 1925 | |
See also
- Prehistoric mammal
- Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation
References
- Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
- 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. 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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