[MM] Amphilestes broderipii
Eutriconodontans
DESCRIBER Owen, 1845
TIME Jurassic Middle
Bathonian
CLASS Mammalia
ORDER Eutriconodonta
FAMILY \"Amphilestidae\"
FOSSILSITE Sharps Hill Formation, Stonefield Slate, England, Britain
INFO
This monotypic genus known by several reasonably complete dentaries was first described as Amphitherium broderipii by Owen, 1845. The name Amphilestes has generally been credited to Owen, who mentioned it conjecturally, and in passing, in his mongraph on Mesozoic mammals (Owen, 1871). His clear intent was to retain the species in Amhpitherium; the first formal referal to Amphilestes was by Lydekker, 1887 (see also Osborn, 1888)