Amphilestes Owen 1859 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Amphilestidae

Full reference: R. Owen. 1859. Palaeontology. The Encyclopaedia Brittanica, or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature (8th Edition) 17:91-176

Parent taxon: Amphilestinae according to G. G. Simpson 1929

See also Butler and Sigogneau-Russel 2016, Carroll 1988, Jenkins and Crompton 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lydekker 1894, Owen 1859, Simpson 1925 and Simpson 1928

Sister taxa: Aploconodon, Comodon, Gobiconodontinae, Kemchugia, Liaotherium, Phascolotherium, Tendagurodon

Subtaxa: Amphilestes broderipii

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Stonesfield Slate quarries (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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