Amphiperatherium
Extinct family of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amphiperatherium is an extinct genus of metatherian mammal, closely related to marsupials. It ranged from the Early Eocene to the Middle Miocene in Europe. It is the most recent metatherian known from the continent.
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Mandible of Amphiperatherium | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Family: | †Herpetotheriidae |
Genus: | †Amphiperatherium Filhol, 1879 |
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†Amphiperatherium frequens von Meyer, 1846 | |
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