Amphidon superstes Simpson 1925 (mammal)

Mammalia - Amphidontidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1925. Mesozoic Mammalia. II: Tinodon and its allies. American Journal of Science, series 5 10(59):451-470

Belongs to Amphidon according to G. G. Simpson 1929

See also Cassiliano and Clemens 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Simpson 1925 and Simpson 1925

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YPM 13638, a mandible (partial right mandible with P4 and M1-4). Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM)

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