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Amphilemur

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

Taxonomy
Amphilemur was named by Heller (1935). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Creotarsinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Amphilemuridae by Heller (1935), Novacek et al. (1985) and Hooker (1986).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Amphilemur Heller
1967Amphilemur Van Valen
1985Amphilemur Novacek et al. p. 9
1986Amphilemur Hooker p. 223

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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
genusAmphilemurHeller 1935

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. †Amphilemur Heller 1935
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Amphilemur eocaenicus Heller 1935
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, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Duchesnean or 47.80000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) A. eocaenicus (45002)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Wyoming) A. sp. (16826)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Switzerland (Solothurn) A. peyeri (31746)