Palaeoamasiidae

Palaeoamasiidae or Palaeoamasinae 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 Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Embrithopoda
Family:	†Palaeoamasiidae Şen & Heintz 1979
Genera
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Classification

• †Palaeoamasiidae Şen & Heintz 1979
  • †Hypsamasia Maas, Thewissen & Kappelman 1998
  • †Palaeoamasia Ozansoy 1966
  • †Crivadiatherium Radulesco, Iliesco &Iliesco 1976

References

• Andrews, C.W. (1906). A descriptive catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of the Fayûm, Egypt. London: British Museum. OCLC 3675777.
• Court, N. (1990). "Periotic anatomy of Arsinoitherium (Mammalia, Embrithopoda) and its phylogenetic implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 10 (2): 170–82. doi:10.1080/02724634.1990.10011806. OCLC 4899524631.
• 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.
• Ozansoy, Fikret (1966). Türkiye Senozoik çağlarında fosil insan formu problemi ve biostratigrafik dayanakları. A.Ü. D.T.C.F. (University of Ankara, Faculty of Languages, History and Geography Publications). Vol. 172. Ankara University Press. pp. 1–104. OCLC 16763756.
• 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.