amphitherium

[Gr. ἀμφί (ampht)= on both sides, here=doubtful; θηρίον (thērion) =a beast, especially one of the kind hunted; dim in. of θήρ ( ther ) = a wild beast. So called by Blainville from the difficulty of placing it, there having been discu ions whether it was a mammal, a reptile, or even a fish.] A genus of fo il mammal i a, founded by Blainville from a fo il jaw found in Oxfords hire in the Stones field slate, a sub-division of the Lower Oolite. The A. Prevostii was examined by Cuvier in 1818, noticed by Buck land in 1823, and figured by Prevost in 1825. There is a second species, the A. Broderipit of Owen.