†family Amphitheriidae Owen 1846 (mammal)
Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Amphitheriidae
Full reference: R. Owen. 1846. A History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds 1-560
Parent taxon: Cladotheria according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gadow 1898, Hay 1902, Kraus 1979, Lopatin and Averianov 2007, Lydekker 1894, Simpson 1928 and Simpson 1929
Sister taxa: Dryolestoidea, Vincelestidae, Zatheria
Subtaxa: Amphibetulimus Amphitherium
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan (1 collection), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences