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Amphimoschus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Amphimoschus was named by Gray (1852). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ruminantia by Sach and Heizmann (2001); and to Bovoidea by Carroll (1988), Li et al. (2022).

Species
A. ponteleviensis, A. xishuiensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. artenensis, A. pontileviensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Amphimoschus Gray
1988Amphimoschus Carroll
2001Amphimoschus Sach and Heizmann p. 35
2022Amphimoschus Li et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
genusAmphimoschusGray 1852

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Amphimoschus Gray 1852
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†Amphimoschus ponteleviensis Bourgeois 1873
†Amphimoschus xishuiensis Li et al. 2022
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Langhian or 16.90000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333China (Gansu) A. xishuiensis (237079)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Württemberg) A. pontileviensis (49102 69098)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Jiangsu) A. sp. (43400)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.45 - 7.246France A. pontileviensis (187580)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Alsac) A. artenensis (69106)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Midi-Pyrénées) A. artenensis (71873)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Centre) A. artenensis (69116)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France A. pontileviensis (90354 148401)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) A. pontileviensis (148396)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany A. pontileviensis (46955)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) A. pontileviensis (142149)