Amphidon

<i>Amphidon</i>

Amphidon

Genus of mammal

Amphidon is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation. It is present in stratigraphic zone 5.[1] Two species have been named in the genus: Amphidon superstes and Amphidon aequicrurius, by Simpson in 1925.[2][3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
  2. [2]
    G.G. Simpson. 1925. "Mesozoic Mammalia. II: Tinodon and its allies". American Journal of Science, series 5 10(59): 451-470
  3. [3]
    Rougier, Guillermo W.; Isagi,Shinji; Manabe, Makoto (June 2007). "An Early Cretaceous mammal from the Kuwajima Formation (Tetori Group), Japan, and a reassessment of Triconodont phylogeny". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 76 (2): 73–115. doi:10.2992/0097-4463(2007)76[73:AECMFT]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85626914. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
  • Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.


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