Diceratosaurus
| Diceratosaurus Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
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| Class: | Amphibia
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| Family: | Keraterpetontidae
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| Genus: | Diceratosaurus Jaekel, 1903
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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 . 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.; 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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