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Amphilemuridae

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

Taxonomy
Amphilemuridae was named by Hill (1953) [attributed by Novacek etl al. 1985 to Heller 1935]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Creotarsinae by Van Valen (1967).

It was assigned to Erinaceomorpha by Novacek et al. (1985) and Smith et al. (2002); to Macroscelidea by Hooker and Russell (2012); and to Erinaceomorpha by Hooker (1986), Lopatin (2006), Dunn and Rasmussen (2009) and Rose et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Amphilemuridae Hill
1964Dormaaliidae Quinet
1985Dormaaliidae Novacek et al.
1985Amphilemuridae Novacek et al. p. 9
1986Amphilemuridae Hooker p. 223
2002Amphilemuridae Smith et al. p. 374
2006Amphilemuridae Lopatin
2009Amphilemuridae Dunn and Rasmussen p. 322
2012Amphilemuridae Hooker and Russell
2012Amphilemuridae Rose et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyAmphilemuridaeHill 1953
familyAmphilemuridaeHill 1953

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.

Fm. †Amphilemuridae Hill 1953
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G. †Alsaticopithecus Hürzeler 1947
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†Alsaticopithecus leemani Hürzeler 1947
†Alsaticopithecus leemanni Hürzeler 1947
G. †Amphilemur Heller 1935
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†Amphilemur eocaenicus Heller 1935
G. †Gesneropithex Hürzeler 1946
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†Gesneropithex fingularis Hooker 1986
†Gesneropithex peyeri Hürzeler 1946
Subfm. †Hylomysoidinae Tong and Wang 2006
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G. †Hylomysoides Tong and Wang 2006
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†Hylomysoides qiensis Tong and Wang 2006
G. †Qilulestes Tong and Wang 2006
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†Qilulestes schieboutae Tong and Wang 2006
G. †Macrocranion Weitzel 1949
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†Macrocranion junnei Smith et al. 2002
†Macrocranion nitens Matthew 1918
†Macrocranion robinsoni Krishtalka and Setoguchi 1977
†Macrocranion tenerum Tobien 1962
†Macrocranion tupaiodon Weitzel 1949
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Invalid names: Dormaalius simonsi Quinet 1964 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aculeodens Weitzel 1949 [synonym], Dormaalius Quinet 1964 [synonym]
G. †Neomatronella Russell et al. 1975
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†Neomatronella gassoni Hooker 2010
†Neomatronella luciannae Russell et al. 1975
G. †Pholidocercus von Koenigswald and Storch 1983
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†Pholidocercus hassiacus von Koenigswald and Storch 1983
G. †Zionodon Dunn and Rasmussen 2009
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†Zionodon satanus Dunn and Rasmussen 2009
†Zionodon walshi Dunn and Rasmussen 2009
Invalid names: Amphilemurinae Hill 1953 [empty], Dormaaliidae Quinet 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:05:41
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:05:41
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lostcabinian to the top of the Geringian or 55.80000 to 26.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma

Collections (79 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian - Early/Lower Eocene59.2 - 48.6France (Marne) Macrocranion nitens (133367)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Macrocranion sp. (68174)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Île-de-France) Neomatronella sp., Macrocranion nitens (68437)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (West Flanders) Macrocranion nitens (68430)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) Macrocranion nitens (35535) Macrocranion nitens, Neomatronella luciannae (35533)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Macrocranion vandebroeki (182667)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Hainaut) Macrocranion vandebroeki (87947)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Macrocranion sp. (133368) Macrocranion sp., Amphilemuridae indet., Neomatronella gassoni (38868) Neomatronella luciannae (174239)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) Macrocranion germonpreae, Macrocranion vandebroeki (35531)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) Gesneropithex peyeri (182808)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Macrocranion nitens (15930 16073) Macrocranion sp. (15917)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Dormaaliidae indet. (15493) Entomolestes nitens (15912 15964) Macrocranion junnei (15759) Macrocranion nitens (15472 15491 15510 15512 15514 15520 15551 15552 15555 15558 15574 15576 15937) Macrocranion sp. (15458)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) Macrocranion sp. (15446 15448) Scenopagus nitens (15453)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Entomolestes nitens (15450 15480 15485 15660 15725 15845 15865 15887) Macrocranion nitens (15225)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Shandong) Hylomysoides qiensis, Qilulestes schieboutae (77929)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Macrocranion junnei (80580 154251 154253 154254)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Macrocranion sp. (16203 16499)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Amphilemur eocaenicus (45002)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Zionodon satanus (93089) Zionodon walshi (16572 93090 93091)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Ankylodon sp. (16514 16515 16516) Macrocranion robinsoni (16517)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) Gesneropithex sp. (182607)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Gesneropithex sp. (39014)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Gesneropithex sp. (31736)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Wyoming) Amphilemur sp., Nyctitherium robinsoni, Ankylodon talonidus (16826)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Switzerland (Solothurn) Amphilemur peyeri (31746)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Gesneropithex grisollensis (39643)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (North Dakota) Ankylodon sp. (16991)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Ankylodon sp. (16919)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Ankylodon sp. (17014)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Ankylodon sp. (16962 16963 16964)
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan37.2 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Ankylodon progressus (230806)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Colorado) Ankylodon annectens (17081) Ankylodon progressus (17082)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Wyoming) Ankylodon annectens (17318)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) Ankylodon annectens (17709)