Amphiorycteropus
{{Short description|Extinct family of mammals}}
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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Middle Miocene|Early Pliocene}}
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| taxon = Amphiorycteropus
| authority = Lehmann, 2009
| type_species = Amphiorycteropus gaudryi
| type_species_authority = Major, 1888
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 5 + 2, see text
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Amphiorycteropus (Latin for "near aardvark") is an extinct genus of mammals in the family Orycteropodidae within Tubulidentata. The genus is known from fossils dating from Middle Miocene to Early Pliocene, found in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Species
- Amphiorycteropus abundulafus {{small|(Lehmann, Vignaud, Likius & Brunet, 2005)}} {{cite journal |author1=Lehmann, T. |author2=Vignaud, P. |author3=Likius, A. |author4=Brunet, M. |year=2005 |title=A new species of Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) in the Mio-Pliocene of northern Chad |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=143 |issue=1 |pages=109–131 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00143.x|doi-access=free }} - Late Miocene of Chad
- Amphiorycteropus mauritanicus {{small|(Arambourg, 1959)}} {{cite journal |author=Arambourg, C. |year=1959 |title=Vertébrés continentaux du Miocène supérieur de l'Afrique du Nord |journal=Publications du Service de Carte Géologique, Algérie, N. S., Paléontologie |volume=4 |pages=42–53}} - Late Miocene of Algeria
- Amphiorycteropus browni {{small|(Colbert, 1933)}} {{cite journal |author=Colbert, E.H. |year=1933 |title=The presence of tubulidentates in the Middle Siwalik Beds of northern India |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=604 |pages=1–10}} - Middle to Late Miocene of Pakistan
- Amphiorycteropus depereti {{small|(Helbing, 1933)}} {{cite journal |author=Helbing, H. |year=1933 |title=Ein Orycteropus - Fund aus dem Unteren Pliocaen des Roussillon |journal=Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae |volume=26 |pages=256–267}} - Early Pliocene of France
- Amphiorycteropus gaudryi {{small|(Major, 1888)}} {{cite journal |author=Major F. |year=1888 |title=Sur un gisement d'ossements fossiles dans l'île de Samos, contemporains de l'âge de Pikermi |journal=Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris |volume=117 |pages=1178–1181}} - Late Miocene of Greece and Turkey
Other two species are assigned to the genus provisionally until new material are found and confirm the relationship:
- Amphiorycteropus pottieri {{small|(Ozansoy, 1965)}} {{cite journal |author=Ozansoy, F. |year=1965 |title=Etude des Gisements Continentaux et des Mammifères du Cénozoique de Turquie |journal=Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France |volume=102 |pages=1–92}} - Late Miocene of Turkey
- Amphiorycteropus seni {{small|(Tekkaya, 1993)}} Tekkaya, I. 1993. Türkiye fosil Orycteropodidae’leri. T. C. Kültür Bakanligi Anitlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlügü. VIII Arkeometri Sonuçlari Toplantisi 1992, Ankara, 275–289. - Middle Miocene of Turkey
References
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Category:Prehistoric placental genera
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