Amphiorycteropus

Amphiorycteropus
Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Early Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Tubulidentata
Family: Orycteropodidae
Genus: Amphiorycteropus
Lehmann, 2009
Type species
Amphiorycteropus gaudryi
Major, 1888
Species

5 + 2, see text

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.[1]

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