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Amphicotylus lucasii

Reptilia - Goniopholididae

Taxonomy
Amphicotylus lucasii was named by Cope (1878). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lucas's Site, Garden Park, which is in a Tithonian channel sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Goniopholis lucasii by Cope (1888), Hay (1902), Hay (1930) and Bronzati et al. (2012); it was considered a nomen dubium by Smith et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Amphicotylus lucasii Cope p. 391
1888Goniopholis lucasii Cope p. 1107
1902Goniopholis lucasii Hay p. 516
1930Goniopholis lucasii Hay p. 146
2012Goniopholis lucasii Bronzati et al.
2015Amphicotylus lucasii 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
specieslucasii

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.

Amphicotylus lucasii Cope 1878
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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: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Amphicotylus lucasii (type locality: 48168)