The Amphidontidae are a family of

extinct Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...

mammals A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three middle e ...

from the

Early Jurassic The Early Jurassic Epoch (geology), Epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic series (stratigraphy), Series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic Period. The Early Jurassic starts immediately after the Triassic� ...

to the

Early Cretaceous The Early Cretaceous (geochronology, geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphy, chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous. It is usually considered to stretch from 143.1 ...

, belonging to the

eutriconodont Eutriconodonta is an order (biology), order of early mammals. Eutriconodonts existed in Asia (including Insular India, pre-contact India), Africa, Europe, North America, North and South America during the Jurassic and the Cretaceous periods. The ...

s. It contains most of the species previously belonged to Amphilestidae.

Phylogeny

Cladogram A cladogram (from Greek language, Greek ''clados'' "branch" and ''gramma'' "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms. A cladogram is not, however, an Phylogenetic tree, evolutionary tree because it does not s ...

after Marisol Montellano, James A. Hopson, James M. Clark (2008) and Gao ''et al.'' (2010).

Taxonomy

Based on the works by Mikko HaaramoMikko's Phylogeny Archiv

and the Palaeofile website.Paleofile.com (net, info) . *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 †'' Amphidon'' Simpson 1925 ***Species †'' Amphidon 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

* Early Jurassic first appearances Early Cretaceous extinctions Prehistoric mammal families Taxa named by George Gaylord Simpson {{Jurassic-mammal-stub