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Amphimerycidae

Mammalia - Amphimerycidae

Taxonomy
Amphimerycidae was named by Stehlin (1910).

It was assigned to Tylopoda by Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Amphimerycidae Stehlin
1988Amphimerycidae Carroll

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
familyAmphimerycidaeStehlin 1910
familyAmphimerycidaeStehlin 1910

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. †Amphimerycidae Stehlin 1910
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G. †Amphimeryx Pictet 1853
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†Amphimeryx murinus Cuvier 1822
†Amphimeryx riparius Aymard 1855
G. †Pseudamphimeryx Stehlin 1919
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†Pseudamphimeryx hantonensis Forster-Cooper 1928
†Pseudamphimeryx pavloviae Stehlin 1910
†Pseudamphimeryx renevieri Pictet and Humbert 1869
†Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri Rutimeyer 1891
†Pseudamphimeryx valdensis Stehlin 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 1 kgs
Minimum body mass: 300 gs
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: s = species, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Legendre 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 41.30000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1448.6 - 40.4France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri (184174)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri (31723)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Aragon) Pseudamphimeryx sp. (31633)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri (31718 31720 31721)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri, Pseudamphimeryx pavloviae (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri (31736)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) Pseudamphimeryx sp. (182607)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland Pseudamphimeryx renevieri, Pseudamphimeryx valdensis (31742)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Rhone-Alpes Region) Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri (31741)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie Region) Pseudamphimeryx schlosseri (31584)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Switzerland (Solothurn) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri, Amphimeryx murinus (31746)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Amphimeryx murinus (12843 12852 12854 31764 31765) Amphimeryx sp., Amphimeryx murinus (12842) Pseudamphimeryx pavloviae (12849) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri (12841 31745 31766) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri, Pseudamphimeryx pavloviae (31740) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri, Pseudamphimeryx salesmei (31755)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Amphimeryx murinus (31747)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Amphimeryx sp., Pseudamphimeryx renevieri (12848) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri (12853)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Ile-de-France Region) Amphimeryx murinus (31739)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Aquitaine Region) Amphimeryx murinus (31586 31754)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Switzerland Amphimeryx murinus (31743)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri (31724 31758)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Occitanie) Amphimeryx sp. (183976)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri, Pseudamphimeryx pavloviae (12850)
MP 1837.2 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Pseudamphimeryx renevieri (12851)
MP 18 - MP 1937.2 - 33.9France (Allier) Amphimeryx murinus (143459)
MP 20 - MP 2137.2 - 28.4France (Occitanie) Amphimeryx murinus (183382)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Auvergne Region) Amphimeryx riparius (31767)