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Amphicotylus
Taxonomy
Amphicotylus was named by Cope (1878).
It was synonymized subjectively with Goniopholis by Hay (1902); it was considered a nomen dubium by Smith et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Goniopholidae by Pritchard et al. (2013); and to Goniopholididae by Andrade et al. (2011), Puértolas-Pascual et al. (2015).
It was synonymized subjectively with Goniopholis by Hay (1902); it was considered a nomen dubium by Smith et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Goniopholidae by Pritchard et al. (2013); and to Goniopholididae by Andrade et al. (2011), Puértolas-Pascual et al. (2015).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1878 | Amphicotylus Cope p. 391 |
| 2011 | Amphicotylus Andrade et al. |
| 2013 | Amphicotylus Pritchard et al. |
| 2015 | Amphicotylus Puértolas-Pascual et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Amphicotylus Cope 1878
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†Amphicotylus lucasii Cope 1878
†Amphicotylus milesi Yoshida et al. 2021
†Amphicotylus stovalli Bronzati et al. 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Crocodylia indet. (47065) | |
| Tithonian | USA (Colorado) | A. lucasii (48168) | |
| Tithonian | USA (Oklahoma) | Goniopholis sp. (49598) |