†family Amphilemuridae Hill 1953 (elephant shrew)

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

Synonym: Dormaaliidae Quinet 1964

Parent taxon: Macroscelidea according to J. J. Hooker and D. E. Russell 2012

See also Dunn and Rasmussen 2009, Hooker 1986, Lopatin 2006, Novacek et al. 1985, Rose et al. 2012, Smith et al. 2002, Smith and Smith 1995 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Adapisoricidae, Adunator, Afrohypselodontidae, Apheliscidae, Litocherus, Louisinidae, Macroscelididae, Myohyracidae, Rhynchocyonidae

Subtaxa: Alsaticopithecus Amphilemur Amphilemurinae Ankylodon Gesneropithex Hylomysoidinae Macrocranion Neomatronella Pholidocercus Zionodon

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Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (4: Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming collections)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Eocene of Belgium (3), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (1), France (6), Germany (1), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (5), United States (54: Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)

• Paleocene to Eocene of France (1)

Total: 80 collections including 87 occurrences

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