Diceratosaurus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of amphibians}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Late Carboniferous | image = Diceratosaurus.jpg | taxon = Diceratosaurus | authority = Jaekel, 1903 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *'''''D. brevirostris''''' <small>(Cope, 1874)</small> }}

'''''Diceratosaurus''''' is an extinct genus of nectridean tetrapodomorphs within the family Diplocaulidae. Fossils of ''Diceratosaurus'' were first described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1874.<ref name=CED74>{{cite journal |last=Cope |first=E. D. |year=1874 |title=Supplement to the extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America. I. Catalogue of the air-breathing Vertebrata from the Coal Measures of Linton, Ohio |journal=Transactions of the American Philosophical Society |volume=15 |pages=261–278}}</ref> 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.<ref name=HB86>{{cite journal |last=Hook |first=R. W. |author2=Baird, D. |year=1986 |title=The Diamond Coal Mine of Linton, Ohio, and its Pennsylvanian-Age vertebrates |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=174–190 |doi=10.1080/02724634.1986.10011609}}</ref> Diceratosaurus brevirostris dates back to the Moscovian age, 307 million years ago.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tindongan |first1=Malaya |title=Fossil Finds from Ohio Coal Mines |journal=In The Field |date=Spring 2026 |volume=97 |issue=1 |page=11}}</ref>

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Category:Diplocaulidae Category:Pennsylvanian sarcopterygians of North America Category:Fossil taxa described in 1903