Amphiorycteropus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Tubulidentata |
| Family: | Orycteropodidae |
| Genus: | †Amphiorycteropus Lehmann, 2009 |
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| Orycteropus gaudryi Major, 1888
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Amphiorycteropus is a genus of mammals in the family Orycteropodidae within Tubulidentata. The genus is known from Middle Miocene to Early Pliocene of Africa, Asia and Europe.[1]
Species
Five species are recognized:[1]
- Amphiorycteropus abundulafus (Lehmann, Vignaud, Likius & Brunet, 2005) [2] - Late Miocene of Chad
- Amphiorycteropus mauritanicus (Arambourg, 1959) [3] - Late Miocene of Algeria
- Amphiorycteropus browni (Colbert, 1933) [4] - Middle to Late Miocene of Pakistan
- Amphiorycteropus depereti (Helbing, 1933) [5] - Early Pliocene of France
- Amphiorycteropus gaudryi (Major, 1888) [6] - Late Miocene of Greece and Turkey
Other two species are assigned to the genus provisionally until new material are found and confirm the relationship:[1]
- Amphiorycteropus pottieri (Ozansoy, 1965) [7] - Late Miocene of Turkey
- Amphiorycteropus seni (Tekkaya, 1993) [8] - Middle Miocene of Turkey
References
- ^ a b c Lehmann, T. (2009). "Phylogeny and systematics of the Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 155 (3): 649–702. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00460.x.
- ^ Lehmann, T.; Vignaud, P.; Likius, A.; Brunet, M. (2005). "A new species of Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) in the Mio-Pliocene of northern Chad". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (1): 109–131. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00143.x.
- ^ Arambourg, C. (1959). "Vertébrés continentaux du Miocène supérieur de l'Afrique du Nord". Publications du Service de Carte Géologique, Algérie, N. S., Paléontologie. 4: 42–53.
- ^ Colbert, E.H. (1933). "The presence of tubulidentates in the Middle Siwalik Beds of northern India". American Museum Novitates. 604: 1–10.
- ^ Helbing, H. (1933). "Ein Orycteropus - Fund aus dem Unteren Pliocaen des Roussillon". Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 26: 256–267.
- ^ Major F. (1888). "Sur un gisement d'ossements fossiles dans l'île de Samos, contemporains de l'âge de Pikermi". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris. 117: 1178–1181.
- ^ Ozansoy, F. (1965). "Etude des Gisements Continentaux et des Mammifères du Cénozoique de Turquie". Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France. 102: 1–92.
- ^ Tekkaya, I. 1993. Türkiye fosil Orycteropodidae’leri. T. C. Kültür Bakanligi Anitlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlügü. VIII Arkeometri Sonuçlari Toplantisi 1992, Ankara, 275–289.
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