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Amphilemuridae
Taxonomy
Amphilemuridae was named by Hill (1953) [attributed by Novacek etl al. 1985 to Heller 1935]. It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Creotarsinae by Van Valen (1967).
It was assigned to Erinaceomorpha by Novacek et al. (1985) and Smith et al. (2002); to Macroscelidea by Hooker and Russell (2012); and to Erinaceomorpha by Hooker (1986), Lopatin (2006), Dunn and Rasmussen (2009) and Rose et al. (2012).
It was synonymized subjectively with Creotarsinae by Van Valen (1967).
It was assigned to Erinaceomorpha by Novacek et al. (1985) and Smith et al. (2002); to Macroscelidea by Hooker and Russell (2012); and to Erinaceomorpha by Hooker (1986), Lopatin (2006), Dunn and Rasmussen (2009) and Rose et al. (2012).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1953 | Amphilemuridae Hill |
1964 | Dormaaliidae Quinet |
1985 | Dormaaliidae Novacek et al. |
1985 | Amphilemuridae Novacek et al. p. 9 |
1986 | Amphilemuridae Hooker p. 223 |
2002 | Amphilemuridae Smith et al. p. 374 |
2006 | Amphilemuridae Lopatin |
2009 | Amphilemuridae Dunn and Rasmussen p. 322 |
2012 | Amphilemuridae Hooker and Russell |
2012 | Amphilemuridae Rose et al. |
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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. †Amphilemuridae Hill 1953
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G. †Alsaticopithecus Hürzeler 1947
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†Alsaticopithecus leemani Hürzeler 1947
†Alsaticopithecus leemanni Hürzeler 1947
G. †Gesneropithex Hürzeler 1946
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†Gesneropithex fingularis Hooker 1986
†Gesneropithex peyeri Hürzeler 1946
Subfm. †Hylomysoidinae Tong and Wang 2006
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G. †Macrocranion Weitzel 1949
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†Macrocranion germonpreae Smith 1997
†Macrocranion junnei Smith et al. 2002
†Macrocranion nitens Matthew 1918
†Macrocranion robinsoni Krishtalka and Setoguchi 1977
†Macrocranion tenerum Tobien 1962
†Macrocranion tupaiodon Weitzel 1949
Invalid names: Aculeodens Weitzel 1949 [synonym], Dormaalius Quinet 1964 [synonym]
G. †Neomatronella Russell et al. 1975
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†Neomatronella gassoni Hooker 2010
†Neomatronella luciannae Russell et al. 1975
G. †Pholidocercus von Koenigswald and Storch 1983
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†Pholidocercus hassiacus von Koenigswald and Storch 1983
G. †Zionodon Dunn and Rasmussen 2009
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†Zionodon satanus Dunn and Rasmussen 2009
†Zionodon walshi Dunn and Rasmussen 2009
Invalid names: Amphilemurinae Hill 1953 [empty], Dormaaliidae Quinet 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lostcabinian to the top of the Geringian or 55.80000 to 26.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma
Collections (79 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Thanetian - Early/Lower Eocene | France (Marne) | Macrocranion nitens (133367) | |
Ypresian | Belgium (Hainaut) | Macrocranion vandebroeki (87947) | |
Ypresian | France | Macrocranion vandebroeki (182667) | |
Ypresian | Belgium (West Flanders) | Macrocranion nitens (68430) | |
Ypresian | France (Marne) | Macrocranion nitens (35535) Macrocranion nitens, Neomatronella luciannae (35533) | |
Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Macrocranion sp. (133368) Macrocranion sp., Amphilemuridae indet., Neomatronella gassoni (38868) Neomatronella luciannae (174239) | |
Ypresian | Belgium (Brabant) | Macrocranion germonpreae, Macrocranion vandebroeki (35531) | |
Ypresian | France (Oise) | Macrocranion sp. (68174) | |
Ypresian | France (Île-de-France) | Neomatronella sp., Macrocranion nitens (68437) | |
Eocene | Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) | Gesneropithex peyeri (182808) | |
Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | Macrocranion nitens (15930 16073) Macrocranion sp. (15917) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Dormaaliidae indet. (15493) Entomolestes nitens (15912 15964) Macrocranion junnei (15759) Macrocranion nitens (15472 15491 15510 15512 15514 15520 15551 15552 15555 15558 15574 15576 15937) Macrocranion sp. (15458) | |
Wasatchian | USA (New Mexico) | Macrocranion sp. (15446 15448) Scenopagus nitens (15453) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Colorado) | Entomolestes nitens (15450 15480 15485 15660 15725 15845 15865 15887) Macrocranion nitens (15225) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Macrocranion junnei (80580 154251 154253 154254) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | China (Shandong) | Hylomysoides qiensis, Qilulestes schieboutae (77929) | |
Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Macrocranion sp. (16203 16499) | |
Lutetian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Amphilemur eocaenicus (45002) | |
Early/Lower Uintan | USA (Utah) | Zionodon satanus (93089) Zionodon walshi (16572 93090 93091) | |
Uintan | USA (Wyoming) | Ankylodon sp. (16514 16515 16516) Macrocranion robinsoni (16517) | |
Bartonian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) | Gesneropithex sp. (31736) | |
Bartonian | Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) | Gesneropithex sp. (182607) | |
Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Gesneropithex sp. (39014) | |
Duchesnean | USA (Wyoming) | Amphilemur sp., Nyctitherium robinsoni, Ankylodon talonidus (16826) | |
Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Gesneropithex grisollensis (39643) | |
Priabonian | Switzerland (Solothurn) | Amphilemur peyeri (31746) | |
Chadronian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Ankylodon sp. (16919) | |
Chadronian | USA (North Dakota) | Ankylodon sp. (16991) | |
Chadronian | USA (Wyoming) | Ankylodon sp. (16962 16963 16964) | |
Chadronian | USA (Nebraska) | Ankylodon sp. (17014) | |
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | Ankylodon progressus (230806) | |
Orellan | USA (Wyoming) | Ankylodon annectens (17318) | |
Orellan | USA (Colorado) | Ankylodon annectens (17081) Ankylodon progressus (17082) | |
Geringian | USA (Nebraska) | Ankylodon annectens (17709) |