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
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