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Amphitherium
Taxonomy
Amphitherium was named by de Blainville (1838).
It was assigned to Mammalia by Owen (1859); to Marsupialia by Owen (1871); to Amphitheriida by Prothero (1981); to Cladotheria by Wang et al. (1998); to Amphitheriidae by Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929), Kraus (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997), Butler and Clemens (2001) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); and to Trechnotheria by Gao et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Mammalia by Owen (1859); to Marsupialia by Owen (1871); to Amphitheriida by Prothero (1981); to Cladotheria by Wang et al. (1998); to Amphitheriidae by Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929), Kraus (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997), Butler and Clemens (2001) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); and to Trechnotheria by Gao et al. (2010).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1835 | Amphigonus Agassiz p. 6 |
| 1838 | Thylacotherium Valenciennes |
| 1838 | Amphitherium de Blainville p. 417 |
| 1859 | Amphitherium Owen p. 157 |
| 1871 | Amphitherium Owen pp. 12, 115 |
| 1928 | Amphitherium Simpson p. 114 |
| 1929 | Amphitherium Simpson p. 47 |
| 1979 | Amphitherium Kraus p. 164 |
| 1981 | Amphitherium Prothero p. 321 |
| 1997 | Amphitherium McKenna and Bell |
| 1998 | Amphitherium Wang et al. |
| 2001 | Amphitherium Butler and Clemens p. 3 |
| 2004 | Amphitherium Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 395 fig. 10.12A |
| 2010 | Amphitherium Gao et al. |
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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. †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