Ambedus

Ambedus
Temporal range: Early Permian,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Diadectomorpha
Family: Diadectidae
Genus: Ambedus
Kissel and Reisz, 2004
Species
  • A. pusillus Kissel and Reisz, 2004 (type)

Ambedus is an extinct genus of possible diadectid reptiliomorph. Fossils have been found from the Early Permian Dunkard Group of Monroe County, Ohio. The type species A. pusillus was named in 2004. The genus name comes from the Latin word ambedo meaning "to nibble", in reference to its herbivorous diet. The specific name pusillus means "tiny" in Latin.

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