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Amphidon
Taxonomy
Amphidon was named by Simpson (1925). Its type is Amphidon superstes. It is the type genus of Amphidontidae.
It was assigned to Amphidontoidea by Prothero (1981); and to Amphidontidae by Simpson (1925), Simpson (1925), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Cassiliano and Clemens (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rougier et al. (2001) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Amphidontoidea by Prothero (1981); and to Amphidontidae by Simpson (1925), Simpson (1925), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Cassiliano and Clemens (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rougier et al. (2001) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Species
A. aequicrurius, A. superstes (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1925 | Amphidon Simpson p. 457 |
| 1929 | Amphidon Simpson p. 38 |
| 1930 | Amphidon Hay p. 371 |
| 1979 | Amphidon Cassiliano and Clemens p. 151 |
| 1981 | Amphidon Prothero p. 321 |
| 1997 | Amphidon McKenna and Bell |
| 2001 | Amphiodon Rougier et al. |
| 2004 | Amphidon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 345, 359 fig. 9.6A |
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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. †Amphidon Simpson 1925
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†Amphidon aequicrurius Simpson 1925
†Amphidon superstes Simpson 1925
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 | As for Amphidontidae |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | A. superstes, A. aequicrurius (12816) |