Palaeoamasiidae or Palaeoamasinae[1] is an extinct taxon of embrithopod mammals that have been found in Romania and Anatolia where they lived on the shores of the Tethys Ocean.

Palaeoamasiidae[1]
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Embrithopoda
Family: Palaeoamasiidae
Şen & Heintz 1979
Genera

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Classification

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Palaeoamasidae in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved May 2013.

References

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  • Andrews, C.W. (1906). A descriptive catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of the Fayûm, Egypt. London: British Museum. OCLC 3675777.
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  • Maas, M.C.; Thewissen, J.G.M.; Kappelman, J. (1998). "Hypsamasia seni (Mammalia: Embrithopoda) and other mammals from the Eocene Kartal Formation of Turkey". In Beard, K.C.; Dawson, M.R. (eds.). Dawn of the Age of Mammals in Asia (PDF). Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Vol. 34. pp. 286–297. OCLC 493312921. Retrieved May 9, 2013. [permanent dead link]
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  • Radulesco, C.; Iliesco, G.; Iliesco, M. (1976). "Decouverte d'un Embrithopode nouveau (Mammalia) dans la Paléogène de la dépression de Hateg (Roumanie) et considération générales sur la géologie de la région". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte. 1 (11): 690–698.
  • Şen, Ş.; Heintz, E. (1979). "Palaeoamasia kansui Ozansoy 1966, embrithopode (Mammalia) de l'Eocene de Anatolie". Annales de paléontologie (Vértébres). 65 (1): 73–91.