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Bicuspidon

Reptilia - Polyglyphanodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Bicuspidon Nydam p. 651
2002Bicuspidon Nydam and Cifelli p. 276
2013Bicuspidon Nydam

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Scincomorpha()
PolyglyphanodontiaAlifanov 2000
familyPolyglyphanodontidaeGilmore 1942
genusBicuspidon

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. †Bicuspidon Nydam and Cifelli 2002
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Bicuspidon hatzegiensis Folie and Codrea 2005
Bicuspidon hogreli Vullo and Rage 2018
Bicuspidon numerosus Nydam and Cifelli 2002
Bicuspidon smikros Nydam 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: omnivoreg
Created: 2009-01-04 09:45:27
Modified: 2009-01-04 11:45:27
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Evans and Manabe 2008, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 99.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) B. hogreli (196796)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) B. numerosus (14398 14399 14400 14401 14403 14405 23501) Teiidae indet. (14396 14407)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) B. smikros (14385 73433)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Hungary (Veszprém) B. hatzegiensis (48722)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) B. hatzegiensis (48445)