Amphidontidae

Amphidontidae Temporal range: Early Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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 Cretaceous, 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

Taxonomy

Basd on the works by Mikko Haaramo^[4] and the Palaeofile website.^[5]

• Family †Amphidontidae Simpson 1925
  • Genus †Acinacodus Lopatin, Maschenko & Averianov 2010
    • Species †Acinacodus tagaricus Lopatin, Maschenko & Averianov 2010
  • Genus †Aploconodon Simpson 1925
    • Species †Aploconodon comoensis Simpson 1925
  • Genus †Comodon Kretzoi & Kretzoi 2000 non Stein 1859 [Phascolodon Simpson 1925; Phascolotheridium Cifelli & Dykes 2001]
    • Species †Comodon gidleyi (Simpson 1925) Kretzoi & Kretzoi 2000 [Phascolodon gidleyi Simpson 1925; Phascolotheridium gidleyi (Simpson 1925) Cifelli & Dykes 2001]
  • Genus †Hakusanodon Rougier, Isaji & Manabe 2007
    • Species †Hakusanodon archaeus Rougier, Isaji & Manabe 2007
  • Genus †Juchilestes Gao et al. 2009
    • Species †Juchilestes liaoningensis Gao et al. 2009
  • Genus †Amphiodon Simpson 1925
    • Species †Amphiodon superstes Simpson 1925
  • Genus †Gobiotheriodon Trofimov 1997 [Gobiodon Trofimov 1980 non Bleeker 1856]
    • Species †Gobiotheriodon infinitus (Trofimov 1980) Trofimov 1997 [Gobiodon infinitus Trofimov 1980]
  • Genus †Manchurodon Yabe & Shikama 1938
    • Species †Manchurodon simplicidens Yabe & Shikama 1938
  • Genus †Nakunodon Yadagiri 1985
    • Species †Nakunodon paikasiensis Yadagiri 1985

References

1. 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.
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.
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.
4. Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "Holotheria – holotheres". Retrieved 30 December 2015.
5. Paleofile.com (net, info) . "Taxonomic lists- Mammals". Retrieved 30 December 2015.