†family Amphilestidae Osborn 1888 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Amphilestidae

Alternative spelling: Amphilestinae

Parent taxon: Theriamorpha according to C. -L. Gao et al. 2010

See also Averianov et al. 2005, Butler and Sigogneau-Russel 2016, Carroll 1988, Engelmann and Callison 1998, Hay 1930, Jenkins and Crompton 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Simpson 1928, Simpson 1929 and Zhou et al. 1991

Sister taxon: Theriiformes

Subtaxa: Amphilestes Aploconodon Comodon Gobiconodontinae Kemchugia Liaotherium Phascolotherium Tendagurodon

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Morocco (1)

• Jurassic of China (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Morocco (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 12 collections including 16 occurrences

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