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Diceratosaurus
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Subclass: Lepospondyli Order: Nectridea Family: Keraterpetontidae Genus: Diceratosaurus
Jaekel, 1903Species - D. brevirostris (Cope, 1874)
Diceratosaurus is an extinct genus of nectridean lepospondyl within the family Keraterpetontidae. Fossils of Diceratosaurus were first described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1874.[1] The species D. brevirostris is well known from Jefferson County, Ohio, with approximately 50 specimens having been collected from the Ohio Diamond Coal Mine. The mine was situated in the village of Linton, which became obscure soon after operations were completed and the mine closed in 1921.[2]
See also
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians
References
- ^ Cope, E. D. (1874). "Supplement to the extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America. I. Catalogue of the air-breathing Vertebrata from the Coal Measures of Linton, Ohio". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 15: 261–278.
- ^ Hook, R. W.; and Baird, D. (1986). "The Diamond Coal Mine of Linton, Ohio, and its Pennsylvanian-Age vertebrates". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6 (2): 174–190. doi:10.1080/02724634.1986.10011609.
Keraterpetontidae Batrachiderpeton · Diceratosaurus · Diplocaulus · Diploceraspis · Ductilodon · Keraterpeton · PeronedonScincosauridae Sauravus · ScincosaurusUrocordylidae Other genera ArizonerpetonRelated categories Carboniferous amphibians · Permian amphibiansCategories:- Prehistoric amphibians
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