Amphiorycteropus Explained

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

Five species are recognized:^[1]

• Amphiorycteropus abundulafus ^[2] - Late Miocene of Chad
• Amphiorycteropus mauritanicus ^[3] - Late Miocene of Algeria
• Amphiorycteropus browni ^[4] - Middle to Late Miocene of Pakistan
• Amphiorycteropus depereti ^[5] - Early Pliocene of France
• Amphiorycteropus gaudryi ^[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 ^[7] - Late Miocene of Turkey
• Amphiorycteropus seni ^[8] - Middle Miocene of Turkey

Notes and References

1. Lehmann, T. . 2009 . Phylogeny and systematics of the Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 155 . 3 . 649–702 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00460.x. free .
2. 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 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00143.x. free .
3. 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.
4. Colbert, E.H. . 1933 . The presence of tubulidentates in the Middle Siwalik Beds of northern India . American Museum Novitates . 604 . 1–10.
5. Helbing, H. . 1933 . Ein Orycteropus - Fund aus dem Unteren Pliocaen des Roussillon . Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae . 26 . 256–267.
6. 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.
7. Ozansoy, F. . 1965 . Etude des Gisements Continentaux et des Mammifères du Cénozoique de Turquie . Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France . 102 . 1–92.
8. Tekkaya, I. 1993. Türkiye fosil Orycteropodidae’leri. T. C. Kültür Bakanligi Anitlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlügü. VIII Arkeometri Sonuçlari Toplantisi 1992, Ankara, 275–289.