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Amphimerycoidea

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Amphimerycoidea is a superfamily.

It was assigned to Tragulina by Colbert (1941).

Subtaxa
Amphimerycidae
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2026-05-13; modified by M. Uhen on 2026-05-13

Synonymy list
p. 21
YearName and author
1941Amphimerycoidea Colbert p. 21

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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()
suborderRuminantiaScopoli 1777
infraorderTragulina
superfamilyAmphimerycoidea
superfamilyAmphimerycoidea

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.

Superfm. †Amphimerycoidea
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Fm. †Amphimerycidae Stehlin 1910
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G. †Amphimeryx Pictet 1853
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†Amphimeryx murinus Cuvier 1822
†Amphimeryx riparius Aymard 1855
G. †Pseudamphimeryx Stehlin 1919
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†Pseudamphimeryx hantonensis Forster-Cooper 1928
†Pseudamphimeryx pavloviae Stehlin 1910
†Pseudamphimeryx renevieri Pictet and Humbert 1869
†Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri Rutimeyer 1891
†Pseudamphimeryx valdensis Stehlin 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 1 kgs
Minimum body mass: 300 gs
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: s = species, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Legendre 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MP 14 to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.07000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1448.07 - 41.03France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri (184174)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri (31723)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri (31718 31720 31721)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain (Aragon) Pseudamphimeryx sp. (31633)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) Pseudamphimeryx sp. (182607)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Rhone-Alpes Region) Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri (31741)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri (31736)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland Pseudamphimeryx renevieri, Pseudamphimeryx valdensis (31742)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Picardie Region) Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri (31584)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri, Pseudamphimeryx pavloviae (12840)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Occitanie) Amphimeryx sp. (183976)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri, Pseudamphimeryx pavloviae (12850)
MP 1837.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri (12851)
MP 18 - MP 1937.71 - 33.9France (Allier) Amphimeryx murinus (143459)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Ile-de-France Region) Amphimeryx murinus (31739)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Aquitaine Region) Amphimeryx murinus (31586 31754)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Amphimeryx sp., Pseudamphimeryx renevieri (12848) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri (12853)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Switzerland Amphimeryx murinus (31743)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri (31724 31758)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Switzerland (Solothurn) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri, Amphimeryx murinus (31746)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Amphimeryx murinus (31747)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Amphimeryx murinus (12843 12852 12854 31764 31765) Amphimeryx sp., Amphimeryx murinus (12842) Pseudamphimeryx pavloviae (12849) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri (12841 31745 31766) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri, Pseudamphimeryx pavloviae (31740) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri, Pseudamphimeryx salesmei (31755)
MP 20 - MP 2137.71 - 27.3France (Occitanie) Amphimeryx murinus (183382)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Auvergne Region) Amphimeryx riparius (31767)