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Amphilemuridae

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

Taxonomy
Amphilemuridae was named by Hill (1953) [attributed by Novacek etl al. 1985 to Heller 1935]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Creotarsinae by Van Valen (1967).

It was assigned to Erinaceomorpha by Novacek et al. (1985) and Smith et al. (2002); to Erinaceomorpha by Hooker (1986), Lopatin (2006), Dunn and Rasmussen (2009) and Rose et al. (2012); and to Macroscelidea by Hooker and Russell (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Amphilemuridae Hill
1964Dormaaliidae Quinet
1985Dormaaliidae Novacek et al.
1985Amphilemuridae Novacek et al. p. 9
1986Amphilemuridae Hooker p. 223
2002Amphilemuridae Smith et al. p. 374
2006Amphilemuridae Lopatin
2009Amphilemuridae Dunn and Rasmussen p. 322
2012Amphilemuridae Hooker and Russell
2012Amphilemuridae Rose et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Afroinsectiphilia
Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyAmphilemuridaeHill 1953
familyAmphilemuridaeHill 1953

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Amphilemuridae Hill 1953
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G. †Alsaticopithecus Hürzeler 1947
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Alsaticopithecus leemani Hürzeler 1947
Alsaticopithecus leemanni Hürzeler 1947
G. †Amphilemur Heller 1935
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Amphilemur eocaenicus Heller 1935
G. †Gesneropithex Hürzeler 1946
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Gesneropithex fingularis Hooker 1986
Gesneropithex peyeri Hürzeler 1946
Subfm. †Hylomysoidinae Tong and Wang 2006
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G. †Hylomysoides Tong and Wang 2006
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Hylomysoides qiensis Tong and Wang 2006
G. †Qilulestes Tong and Wang 2006
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Qilulestes schieboutae Tong and Wang 2006
G. †Macrocranion Weitzel 1949
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Macrocranion junnei Smith et al. 2002
Macrocranion nitens Matthew 1918
Macrocranion robinsoni Krishtalka and Setoguchi 1977
Macrocranion tenerum Tobien 1962
Macrocranion tupaiodon Weitzel 1949
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Invalid names: Dormaalius simonsi Quinet 1964 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aculeodens Weitzel 1949 [synonym], Dormaalius Quinet 1964 [synonym]
G. †Neomatronella Russell et al. 1975
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Neomatronella gassoni Hooker 2010
Neomatronella luciannae Russell et al. 1975
G. †Pholidocercus von Koenigswald and Storch 1983
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Pholidocercus hassiacus von Koenigswald and Storch 1983
G. †Zionodon Dunn and Rasmussen 2009
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Zionodon satanus Dunn and Rasmussen 2009
Zionodon walshi Dunn and Rasmussen 2009
Invalid names: Amphilemurinae Hill 1953 [empty], Dormaaliidae Quinet 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available