Amphidontidae

Amphidontidae
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Triconodonta
Family: Amphidontidae
Simpson, 1925
Genus
  • Acinacodus Lopatin, Maschenko & Averianov, 2010[1]
  • Amphidon Simpson, 1925
  • Aploconodon Simpson, 1925
  • Comodon Kretzoi & Kretzoi, 2000
  • Gobiotheriodon (Trofimov, 1980) Trofimov, 1997
  • Hakusanodon Rourier, Isaji & Manabe, 2007
  • Juchilestes Gao et al., 2010
  • Manchurodon Yabe & Shikama, 1938
  • Nakunodon Yadagiri, 1985

The Amphidontidae are a family of extinct mammals from the Early Creataceous, belonging to the triconodonts. It contains most of the species previously belonged to Amphilestidae.[1]

Phylogeny

Cladogram after Marisol Montellano, James A. Hopson, James M. Clark (2008)[2] and Gao et al. (2010).[3]

 Amphidontidae

Aploconodon




Comodon


Hakusanodon


Juchilestes




Amphidon


Gobiotheriodon



Manchurodon


Nakunodon





References

  1. ^ a b A. V. Lopatin, E. N. Maschenko and A. O. Averianov (2010). "A new genus of triconodont mammals from the Early Cretaceous of Western Siberia". Doklady Biological Sciences 433 (1): 282–285. doi:10.1134/S0012496610040137. http://www.springerlink.com/content/071870234w7x4664/. 
  2. ^ Marisol Montellano, James A. Hopson, James M. Clark (2008). "Late Early Jurassic Mammaliaforms from Huizachal Canyon, Tamaulipas, México". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (4): 1130–1143. doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1130. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1130. 
  3. ^ Chun-Ling Gao, Gregory P. Wilson, Zhe-Xi Luo, A. Murat Maga, Qingjin Meng and Xuri Wang (2010). "A new mammal skull from the Lower Cretaceous of China with implications for the evolution of obtuse-angled molars and ‘amphilestid’ eutriconodonts". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological sciences 277 (1679): 237–246. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1014. PMC 2842676. PMID 19726475. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/277/1679/237.abstract.