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Amphiperatherium frequens

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Oxygomphius frequens was named by von Meyer (1846). Its type specimen is UM Bux68.89, a tooth (Left M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Amphiperatherium.

It was recombined as Amphiperatherium frequens by Filhol (1879), Hooker (1986) and Crespo et al. (2020).

Subspecies
A. erkertshofense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Oxygomphius frequens von Meyer
1879Amphiperatherium frequens Filhol
1986Amphiperatherium frequens Hooker p. 216
2020Amphiperatherium frequens Crespo et al. p. 1221

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—Herpetotheriidae(Trouessart 1879)
genusAmphiperatheriumFilhol 1879
speciesfrequens(von Meyer 1846)

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.

†Amphiperatherium frequens von Meyer 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 21:40:09
Modified: 2011-04-28 06:40:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Sánchez-Villagra et al. 2007, Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the MN 2 to the top of the MN 6 or 22.40000 to 12.75000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany (Bayern) Amphiperatherium frequens (52567)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Spain Amphiperatherium frequens (214976 214986 214987 214988 214989 214990)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Amphiperatherium frequens (66138)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) Amphiperatherium frequens (69606)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Amphiperatherium frequens (69098)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Amphiperatherium frequens (37050)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Amphiperatherium frequens (69179)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Amphiperatherium frequens (45612)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) Amphiperatherium frequens (180192)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Amphiperatherium frequens (46955)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Amphiperatherium frequens (48325)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Amphiperatherium frequens (45603 45610)