GB3D Type Fossils

Kingdom Animalia

  Phylum Chordata

    Class Mammalia

      Order Holotheria

Amphitherium prevostii (von Meyer, 1832) – See Butler & Clemens (2001): Holotype

Amphitherium prevostii – See Mills (1964): Holotype

Amphitherium prevostii (von Meyer, 1832) – See Simpson (1928): Holotype

Amphitherium prevostii (Blainville, 1837) – See Goodrich (1894): Holotype

Amphitherium prevostii – See Phillips (1871): Holotype

Amphitherium prevostii Owen – See Owen (1871): Holotype

Amphitherium prevostii – See Owen (1846): Holotype

Thylacotherium prevostii Valenciennes – See Owen (1842): Holotype

Didelphis prevostii Blainville, 1837 – See Blainville (1837): Holotype

Didelphys – See Buckland (1836)

?Didelphys prevostii von Meyer, 1832 – See von Meyer (1832): Holotype

Didelphys bucklandi – See Broderip (1828)

Didelphe – See Prévost (1825)

Didelphys – See Buckland (1824)

Bathonian Age (Jurassic Period) (166.1 – 168.3 Ma B.P.)

BLAINVILLE, H.M.D. de. 1837. Doutes sur le prétendu Didelphe fossile de Stonefield [sic], on à quelle Classe, àqelle Famille, à quel Genre doit-on rapporter l'animal auquel out apparttenu les ossements fossiles, à Stonefield, designès sous les noms de Did pp. 402 - 418; pl. figs 4, 5

BRODERIP. W.J. 1828. Observations on the jaw of a fossil mammiferous animal, found in the Stonesfield slate. Zoo. Journ., III, 408-418. p. 408

BUCKLAND, W. 1824. Notice on the Megalosaurus or great Fossil Lizard of Stonesfield. Trans. Geol. Soc. Lond. Second series, I, 390-396, pls XL-XLIV. p. 391

BUCKLAND, W. 1836. Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology: Bridgewater Treatise VI, II, 1-128, pls 1-69. p. 18; pl. II, fig. B

BUTLER, P.M. and CLEMENS, W.A. 2001. Dental morphology of the Jurassic holotherian mammal Amphitherium, with a discussion of the evolution of mammalian post-canine dental formulae. Palaeontology, 44 (1), 1-20. pp. 3 - 5, 7 - 10, table 1; text-fig. 1 B, text-figs 2 A, B, text-fig. 5 C, D, I, text-fig. 7 A

GOODRICH, E.S. 1894. On the fossil Mammalia from the Stonesfield Slate. Q. Jl. Micr. Sci. Soc., 35, 407-431, pl. 26. pp. 409 - 413, 432; pl. 26, fig. 1

MEYER, H. von. 1832. Palaeologica zur Geschichte de Erde und ihrer Geschöpfe. Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main, xi + 560 pp. p. 55

MILLS, J.R.E. 1964. The dentitions of Peramus and Amphitherium. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond., 175 (2), 117-133, 2 pls. pp. 123 - 124

OWEN, R. 1842. Observations on the Fossils representing the Thylacotherium Prevostii, Valenciennes, with reference to the doubts of its Mammalian and Marsupial nature recently promulgated . . . Trans. Geol. Soc. Lond., series 2, VI, 47-57, 1pl. pp. 47, 49, 52 - 54; pl. V, fig. 3

OWEN, R. 1846. A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds. Jan van Voorst, London, xlvi + 560 pp., 237 woodcuts. pp. 30, 40 - 41, 44; fig. 16

OWEN, R. 1871. A Monograph of the fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic formations. Palaeontogr. Soc. (Monogr.), 1-115, pls I-IV. p. 12; pl. I, figs 21, 21A

PHILLIPS, J. 1871. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford, xxiv + 523 pp., diagrs I-CCVII. p. 233; diag. LXXVII

PRÉVOST, L.C. 1825. Observations sur les Schistes calcaires Oolitiques de Stonesfield en Angleterre, dans lesquels ont été trouvés plusieurs ossemens fossiles de Mammifères. Ann. des Sciences Naturelles, IV, 389-417. pp. 389, 396; pl. XVIII, fig. 2

SIMPSON, G.G. 1928. Catalogue of Mesozoic Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History), 215 pp., 12 pls. pp. 114 - 119