# Diceratosaurus

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

'''''Diceratosaurus''''' is an extinct [genus](/source/genus) of [nectridea](/source/nectridea)n [tetrapodomorph](/source/tetrapodomorph)s within the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Diplocaulidae](/source/Diplocaulidae). Fossils of ''Diceratosaurus'' were first described by [Edward Drinker Cope](/source/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](/source/species) ''D. brevirostris'' is well known from [Jefferson County, Ohio](/source/Jefferson_County%2C_Ohio), with approximately 50 specimens having been collected from the [Ohio Diamond Coal Mine](/source/Ohio_Diamond_Coal_Mine). The mine was situated in the village of [Linton](/source/Yellow_Creek%2C_Ohio), 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](/source/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
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