Amphitherium prevostii von Meyer 1832 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Amphitheriidae

Synonyms: Amphitherium oweni Osborn 1888, Amphitylus oweni Osborn 1888

Belongs to Amphitherium according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Butler and Clemens 2001, Kraus 1979, Owen 1859, Owen 1871 and Simpson 1928

Sister taxon: Amphitherium rixoni

Type specimens:

  • Amphitherium prevostii: OUMNH specimen, a mandible (partial left mandible). Its type locality is Stonesfield Slate quarries, which is in a Bathonian marginal marine sandstone in the Taynton Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Amphitylus oweni: Oxford University Museum (OUMNH) specimen, a mandible (right mandible).

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Stonesfield Slate quarries

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