Diceratosaurus

<i>Diceratosaurus</i>

Diceratosaurus

Extinct genus of amphibians

Diceratosaurus is an extinct genus of nectridean tetrapodomorphs within the family Diplocaulidae. 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]

Quick Facts Diceratosaurus Temporal range: Late Carboniferous, Scientific classification ...

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    Hook, R. W.; 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.


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