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Amphechinus kreuzae

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Amphechinus kreuzae was named by Munthe and West (1980). Its type specimen is H-GSP 2380, a tooth (M1 sup. sin.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Daud Khel Local Fauna, which is in a Miocene/Tortonian fluvial sandstone in the Chinji Formation of Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. rectus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Amphechinus kreuzae Munthe and West p. 8 figs. Fig. 3B

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyErinaceinaeFischer de Waldheim 1817
tribeAmphechininiGureev 1979
genusAmphechinusAymard 1850
specieskreuzae

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.

†Amphechinus kreuzae Munthe and West 1980
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Munthe and R. M. West 1980M1 with isolated metaconule and hypocone; i2 curved and morphologically complex; m3 lacking talonid; cingula well-developed on cheek teeth.