Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Synonym: Oxygomphius Meyer 1846
Parent taxon: Herpetotheriinae according to Z. Johanson 1996
See also Carroll 1988, Crespo et al. 2020, Hooker 1986, Hooker 1996 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Asiadidelphis, Copedelphys, Galatiadelphys, Golerdelphys, Herpetotherium, Nortedelphys, Peratherium, Rumiodon, Swaindelphys, Thylacodon
Subtaxa: Amphiperatherium ambiguum Amphiperatherium bastbergense Amphiperatherium bourdellense Amphiperatherium brabantense Amphiperatherium exile Amphiperatherium fontense Amphiperatherium frequens Amphiperatherium giselense Amphiperatherium goethei Amphiperatherium lamandini Amphiperatherium maximum Amphiperatherium minutum
Type: Oxygomphius frequens
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection), Germany (10), Spain (7)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Germany (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (7), Germany (7), Switzerland (2)
• Eocene to Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (17), Italy (1), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (17)
Total: 77 collections including 104 occurrences
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