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Amphitheriidae
Taxonomy
Amphitheriidae was named by Owen (1846). It was considered monophyletic by Lopatin and Averianov (2007).
It was assigned to Polyprotodontia by Cope (1889); to Marsupialia by Lydekker (1894); to Trituberculata by Gadow (1898); to Polyprotodontia by Flower and Lydekker (1891), Hay (1902); to Pantotheria by Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929); to Eupantotheria by Kraus (1979), Carroll (1988); to Cladotheria by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); and to Amphitheria by Lopatin and Averianov (2007).
It was assigned to Polyprotodontia by Cope (1889); to Marsupialia by Lydekker (1894); to Trituberculata by Gadow (1898); to Polyprotodontia by Flower and Lydekker (1891), Hay (1902); to Pantotheria by Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929); to Eupantotheria by Kraus (1979), Carroll (1988); to Cladotheria by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); and to Amphitheria by Lopatin and Averianov (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Amphitheriidae Owen p. 29 |
| 1889 | Amphitheriidae Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Amphitheriidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89 |
| 1894 | Amphitheriidae Lydekker p. 275 |
| 1898 | Amphitheriidae Gadow p. 40 |
| 1902 | Amphitheriidae Hay p. 568 |
| 1928 | Amphitheriidae Simpson p. 113 |
| 1929 | Amphitheriidae Simpson p. 47 |
| 1979 | Amphitheriidae Kraus p. 164 |
| 1988 | Amphitheriidae Carroll |
| 2004 | Amphitheriidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 395 |
| 2007 | Amphitheriidae Lopatin and Averianov |
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Fm. †Amphitheriidae Owen 1846
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G. †Amphibetulimus Lopatin and Averianov 2007
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†Amphibetulimus krasnolutskii Lopatin and Averianov 2007
G. †Amphitherium de Blainville 1838
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†Amphitherium rixoni Butler and Clemens 2001
Invalid names: Amphigonus Agassiz 1835 [synonym], Thylacotherium Valenciennes 1838 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available