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Amphilestidae
Taxonomy
Amphilestinae was named by Osborn (1888). It is not extant. It was considered unknown by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004) and monophyletic by Averianov et al. (2005).
It was reranked as the family Amphilestidae by Jenkins and Crompton (1979), Carroll (1988), Zhou et al. (1991), Engelmann and Callison (1998), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Averianov et al. (2005), Gao et al. (2010) and Butler and Sigogneau-Russel (2016).
It was assigned to Triconodontidae by Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929) and Hay (1930); to Triconodonta by Jenkins and Crompton (1979), Carroll (1988), Zhou et al. (1991) and Engelmann and Callison (1998); to Eutriconodonta by Averianov et al. (2005); to Theriamorpha by Gao et al. (2010); and to Eutriconodonta by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004) and Butler and Sigogneau-Russel (2016).
It was reranked as the family Amphilestidae by Jenkins and Crompton (1979), Carroll (1988), Zhou et al. (1991), Engelmann and Callison (1998), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Averianov et al. (2005), Gao et al. (2010) and Butler and Sigogneau-Russel (2016).
It was assigned to Triconodontidae by Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929) and Hay (1930); to Triconodonta by Jenkins and Crompton (1979), Carroll (1988), Zhou et al. (1991) and Engelmann and Callison (1998); to Eutriconodonta by Averianov et al. (2005); to Theriamorpha by Gao et al. (2010); and to Eutriconodonta by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004) and Butler and Sigogneau-Russel (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1888 | Amphilestinae Osborn |
| 1928 | Amphilestinae Simpson p. 70 |
| 1929 | Amphilestinae Simpson p. 30 |
| 1930 | Amphilestinae Hay p. 370 |
| 1979 | Amphilestidae Jenkins and Crompton p. 75 |
| 1988 | Amphilestidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Amphilestidae Zhou et al. |
| 1998 | Amphilestidae Engelmann and Callison p. 345 |
| 2004 | Amphilestidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 236-237 |
| 2005 | Amphilestidae Averianov et al. |
| 2010 | Amphilestidae Gao et al. |
| 2016 | Amphilestidae Butler and Sigogneau-Russel p. 44 |
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Fm. †Amphilestidae Osborn 1888
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G. †Comodon Kretzoi and Kretzoi 2000
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†Comodon gidleyi Simpson 1925
Invalid names: Phascolodon Simpson 1925 [replaced], Phascolotheridium Cifelli and Dykes 2001 [synonym]
G. †Phascolotherium Owen 1838
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†Phascolotherium bucklandi Broderip 1828
†Phascolotherium simpsoni Butler and Sigogneau-Russel 2016
Invalid names: Gobiconodontinae Chow and Rich 1984 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available