Amphidon Simpson 1925 (symmetrodont)

Mammalia - Symmetrodonta - Amphidontidae

Alternative spelling: Amphiodon

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1925. Mesozoic Mammalia. II: Tinodon and its allies. American Journal of Science, series 5 10(59):451-470

Parent taxon: Amphidontidae according to G. W. Rougier et al. 2001

See also Cassiliano and Clemens 1979, Hay 1930, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997, Prothero 1981, Simpson 1925, Simpson 1925 and Simpson 1929

Sister taxa: Acinacodus, Manchurodon, Nakunodon

Subtaxa: Amphidon aequicrurius Amphidon superstes

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Type: Amphidon superstes

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM) (Jurassic of Wyoming)

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