Amphidon
| Amphidon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Eutriconodonta |
| Family: | †Amphidontidae |
| Genus: | †Amphidon Simpson, 1925 |
| Species: | †A. superstes
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| Binomial name | |
| †Amphidon superstes Simpson, 1925
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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]
See also
- Prehistoric mammal
- Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation
References
- ^ Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
- ^ G.G. Simpson. 1925. "Mesozoic Mammalia. II: Tinodon and its allies". American Journal of Science, series 5 10(59): 451-470
- S2CID 85626914. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.