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Paraphyletic taxon: Family †Amphilestidae Osborn, 1888 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Order) Phascolotheria

Subsequent positions

Triconodonta (Infraclass) Osborn, 1888

Original entries

Questionably Gobiconodontinae (Subfamily) Chow & Rich, 1984
Questionably Liaotherium (Genus) Zhou, Cheng & Wang, 1991

Subsequent entries

Amphilestinae (Subfamily) Osborn, 1888

Current position

Phascolotheria (Order) Ameghino, 1889 Ref: A.O. Averianov & A.V. Lopatin, 2011: fig.

Alternative positions

Eutriconodonta (Order) Kermack, Mussett & Rigney, 1973 Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004: table 7.1 (p. 219); Martin et al., 2015: ext. data fig. 3a.
Triconodonta (Infraclass) Osborn, 1888 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 42.
Triconodonta (Order) Osborn, 1888 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 627 [McKenna & Bell, 1997: 42].

Historical positions

Mammalia (Clade) Linnaeus 1758 [Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval. Ref: A.O. Averianov et al., 2013: 314. [inferred]
Phascolotheria (Order) Ameghino, 1889 Ref: A.O. Averianov & A.V. Lopatin, 2011: fig.
Eutriconodonta (Order) Kermack, Mussett & Rigney, 1973 Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004: table 7.1 (p. 219).
Triconodonta (Infraclass) Osborn, 1888 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 42.
Triconodonta (Order) Osborn, 1888 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 627.

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †7g;7s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 30 Jun 2022 [; †7g;7s]
2004 Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al.: table 7.1 (p. 219) [; †9g;9s]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [; †8g]
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