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Amphicotylus

Reptilia - Goniopholididae

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) and Puértolas-Pascual et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Amphicotylus Cope p. 391
2011Amphicotylus Andrade et al.
2013Amphicotylus Pritchard et al.
2015Amphicotylus Puértolas-Pascual et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Crocodylomorpha()
Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
NeosuchiaClark 1988
Coelognathosuchia()
familyGoniopholididaeCope 1875
genusAmphicotylus

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
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Crocodylia indet. (47065)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Oklahoma) Goniopholis sp. (49598)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Colorado) A. lucasii (48168)