Amphidon
{{Short description|Genus of mammals}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Jurassic}}
| taxon = Amphidon
| authority = Simpson, 1925
| type_species = Amphidon superstes
| type_species_authority = Simpson, 1925
| subdivision =
{{Species list
| A. superstes | Simpson, 1925
| A. aequicrurius | Simpson, 1925
}}
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ref = {{Cite PBDB|taxon|39875|Amphidon}}
| synonyms = {{Genus list | Amphiodon | }}
}}
Amphidon is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation. It is present in stratigraphic zone five.Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329. Two species have been named in the genus: Amphidon superstes and Amphidon aequicrurius, by Simpson in 1925.G.G. Simpson. 1925. "Mesozoic Mammalia. II: Tinodon and its allies". American Journal of Science, series 5 10(59): 451-470{{cite journal
| last = Rougier
| first = Guillermo W.
|author2= Isagi, Shinji|author3= Manabe, Makoto
| title = An Early Cretaceous mammal from the Kuwajima Formation (Tetori Group), Japan, and a reassessment of Triconodont phylogeny
| journal = Annals of Carnegie Museum
| volume = 76
| issue = 2
| pages = 73–115
| date = June 2007
| url = http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2992/0097-4463(2007)76%5B73%3AAECMFT%5D2.0.CO%3B2
| doi = 10.2992/0097-4463(2007)76[73:AECMFT]2.0.CO;2
| s2cid = 85626914
| access-date = 2010-01-11}}
See also
{{Portal|Paleontology|Mammals}}
References
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- Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.
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Category:Prehistoric mammal genera
Category:Taxa named by George Gaylord Simpson
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1925
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