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
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