Amphidon

{{Short description|Genus of mammals}}

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| 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

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| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision_ref = {{Cite PBDB|taxon|39875|Amphidon}}

| synonyms = {{Genus list | Amphiodon | }}

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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

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:Morrison mammals

Category:Eutriconodonta

Category:Prehistoric mammal genera

Category:Taxa named by George Gaylord Simpson

Category:Fossil taxa described in 1925

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