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Amphicotylus ✝

Description

Amphicotylus is an extinct genus of goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian from the Tithonian of Colorado and Oklahoma.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicotylus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4818369https://www.gbif.org/species/4818369
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)67777https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=67777
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Goniopholididae : Amphicotylus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Goniopholididae : Amphicotylus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
-Pseudosuchia
-SuchiaKrebs 1974
-ParacrocodylomorphaParrish 1993
-Loricata
-Crocodylomorpha
suborderCrocodyliformesHay 1930
-MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
-NeosuchiaClark 1988
-Coelognathosuchia
familyGoniopholididaeCope 1875
genusAmphicotylusCope 1878
Scientific NameAmphicotylus Cope, 1878
Name Published InBull. U.S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., 4, fasc. 2
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Amphicotylusgenussubjective synonym of Goniopholisstated without evidenceHay, 1902
Amphicotylusgenusnomen dubium Goniopholididaestated with evidenceSmith et al., 2010
Amphicotylusgenusbelongs to Goniopholididaestated with evidenceAndrade et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance157 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance157 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Environmentmarine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Pseudosuchia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. D. Cope. 1878. Descriptions of new extinct Vertebrata from the Upper Tertiary and Dakota Formations. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(2):379-396
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicotylus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Amphicotylus lucasii ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1157 Ma
Jurassic		157 Ma
Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1878Amphicotylus Cope p. 391
2011Amphicotylus Andrade et al.
2013Amphicotylus Pritchard et al.
2015Amphicotylus Puértolas-Pascual et al.

References

Cope E. D. Descriptions of new extinct Vertebrata from the Upper Tertiary and Dakota Formations, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4 2, 379-396
Andrade M. B. d., Edmonds R., et al (2011) A new Berriasian species of Goniopholis (Mesoeucrocodylia, Neosuchia) from England, and a review of the genus, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, S66-S108
Pritchard A. C., Turner A. H., et al (2013) Osteology of a North American Goniopholidid (Eutretauranosuchus delfsi) and Palate Evolution in Neosuchia, American Museum Novitates 3783, 1-56
Puértolas-Pascual E., Canudo J. I., et al (2015) New material from a huge specimen of Anteophthalmosuchus cf. escuchae (Goniopholididae) from the Albian of Andorra (Teruel, Spain): Phylogenetic implications, Journal of Iberian Geology 41 1, 41-56 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/rev_JIGE.2015.v41.n1.48654
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bull. U.S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., 4, fasc. 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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