Amphitherium
| Amphitherium Temporal range: Middle Jurassic | |
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| Drawing of the jaw of A. prevostii from the Stonesfield Slate | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Amphitheriida |
| Family: | †Amphitheriidae |
| Genus: | †Amphitherium Blainville, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| †Amphitherium prevostii (Mayer, 1832) | |
| Other species | |
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Amphitherium is an extinct genus of stem cladotherian mammal that lived during the Middle Jurassic of England. It was one of the first Mesozoic mammals ever described. A recent phylogenetic study found it to be the sister taxon of Palaeoxonodon. It is found in the Forest Marble Formation and the Taynton Limestone Formation.
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