| Amphilestidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Eutriconodonta |
| Family: | †Amphilestidae Osborn, 1888 |
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Amphilestidae is a family ofMesozoicmammals, generally regarded aseutriconodonts. They may form aparaphyletic orpolyphyletic assemblage, though they share withgobiconodontids their similar toothocclusion patterns and may be especially closely related to them.[1] They occur from theMiddle Jurassic toCenomanian,[2] and have a distribution acrossLaurasia.
The putative amphilestidTendagurodon is considered a non-amphilestid member of Amphilestheria along with the newly describedCondorodon by Gaetano and Rougier (2012).[3]
