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Amblypus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Amblypus was named by Hitchcock (1858). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Amblypus dextratus.

It was assigned to Testudinata by Lull (1904); to Reptilia by Lull (1917); and to Amphibia by Kuhn (1958).

Species
A. dextratus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Amblypus Hitchcock p. 143
1904Amblypus Lull p. 530
1917Amblypus Lull p. 123
1958Amblypus Kuhn p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
genusAmblypus

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. †Amblypus Hitchcock 1858
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†Amblypus dextratus Hitchcock 1858
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available