Amphitherium
Extinct family of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amphitherium is an extinct genus of stem cladotherian mammal that lived during the Middle Jurassic of England.[1] It was one of the first Mesozoic mammals ever described. A recent phylogenetic study found it to be the sister taxon of Palaeoxonodon.[2] It is found in the Forest Marble Formation and the Taynton Limestone Formation.
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Amphitherium | |
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Drawing of the jaw of A. prevostii from the Stonesfield Slate | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Amphitheriida |
Family: | †Amphitheriidae |
Genus: | †Amphitherium Blainville, 1838 |
Type species | |
†Amphitherium prevostii (Mayer, 1832) | |
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