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Nimravidae (false sabre-tooth)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Machaerodus insignis Filhol
1880Nimravidae Cope
1889Nimravidae Cope p. 876
1979Eusmilus insignis Sigé et al.
1982Nimravidae Flynn and Galiano p. 50
1988Nimravidae Carroll
1991Nimravidae Bryant p. 68
2005Nimravidae Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin p. 842
2010Nimravidae Tseng et al.
2011Nimravidae Tomiya p. 17
2019Nimravidae de Bonis et al.
2022Nimravidae Poust et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
familyNimravidaeCope 1880
familyNimravidaeCope 1880

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Nimravidae Cope 1880 [false sabre-tooth]
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G. †Aelurogale Filhol 1872
Subfm. †Barbourofelinae Schultz et al. 1970
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Tr. †Afrosmilini Morales et al. 2001
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G. †Afrosmilus Kretzoi 1929
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Afrosmilus africanus Andrews 1914
Afrosmilus hispanicus Morales et al. 2001
Afrosmilus turkanae Schmidt-Kittler 1987
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Albanosmilus jourdani Filhol 1883
G. †Barbourofelis Schultz et al. 1970
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Barbourofelis fricki Schultz et al. 1970
Barbourofelis loveorum Baskin 1981
Barbourofelis morrisi Schultz et al. 1970
Barbourofelis piveteaui Ozansoy 1965
Barbourofelis vallesiensis de Beaumont and Crusafont-Pairo 1982
Barbourofelis whitfordi Barbour and Cook 1915
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Invalid names: Ischyrosmilus osborni Merriam 1919 [synonym]
G. †Ginsburgsmilus Morales et al. 2001
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Ginsburgsmilus napakensis Morales et al. 2001
G. †Oriensmilus Wang et al. 2020
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Oriensmilus liupanensis Wang et al. 2020
G. †Prosansanosmilus Heizmann et al. 1980
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Prosansanosmilus eggeri Morlo et al. 2004
Prosansanosmilus peregrinus Heizmann et al. 1980
G. †Sansanosmilus Kretzoi 1929
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Sansanosmilus jourdani Filhol 1883
Sansanosmilus palmidens Blainville 1841
G. †Syrtosmilus Ginsburg 1978
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Syrtosmilus syrtensis Ginsburg 1978
G. †Vampyrictis Kurten 1976
G. †Dinictis Leidy 1854
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Dinictis felina Leidy 1854
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Invalid names: Daptophilus squalidens Cope 1873 [synonym], Dinictis bombifrons Adams 1895 [synonym], Dinictis cyclops Cope 1879 [synonym], Dinictis fortis Adams 1895 [synonym], Dinictis paucidens Riggs 1896 [synonym]
Invalid names: Daptophilus Cope 1873 [synonym]
Tr. †Hoplophoneini Kretzoi 1929
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G. †Eusmilus Gervais 1876
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Eusmilus adelos Barrett 2021
Eusmilus bidentatus Filhol 1872
Eusmilus villebramarensis Peigné and Brunet 2001
G. †Hoplophoneus Cope 1874
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Invalid names: Ekgmoiteptecela olsontau Macdonald 1963 [synonym], Hoplophoneus belli Stock 1933 [synonym]
Hoplophoneus crassidens Cragin 1892
Hoplophoneus dakotensis Hatcher 1895
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Invalid names: Dinotomius atrox Williston 1895 [synonym]
Hoplophoneus oharrai Jepsen 1926
Hoplophoneus primaevus Leidy and Owen 1851
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Invalid names: Hoplophoneus insolens Adams 1896 [synonym], Hoplophoneus latidens Thorpe 1920 [synonym], Hoplophoneus marshi Thorpe 1920 [synonym], Hoplophoneus mentalis Sinclair 1921 [synonym], Hoplophoneus molossus Thorpe 1920 [synonym], Hoplophoneus oreodontis Cope 1873 [synonym], Hoplophoneus robustus Adams 1896 [synonym]
Hoplophoneus sicarius Sinclair and Jepsen 1927
Invalid names: Dinotomius Williston 1895 [synonym], Ekgmoiteptecela Macdonald 1963 [synonym]
G. †Nanosmilus Martin 1992
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Nanosmilus kurteni Martin 1992
G. †Maofelis Averianov et al. 2016
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Maofelis cantonensis Averianov et al. 2016
Subfm. †Nimravinae Trouessart 1885
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G. †Dinailurictis Helbing 1922
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Dinailurictis bonali Helbing 1922
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Invalid names: Ailurictis helbingi Kretzoi 1929 [synonym]
G. †Eofelis Kretzoi 1938
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Eofelis edwardsii Filhol 1872
Eofelis giganteus Peigné 2000
G. †Quercylurus Ginsburg 1979
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Quercylurus major Ginsburg 1979
Invalid names: Hoplophoneinae [synonym]
Tr. †Nimravini Cope 1880
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G. †Dinaelurus Eaton 1922
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Dinaelurus crassus Eaton 1922
G. †Nimravus Cope 1879
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Nimravus brachyops Cope 1878
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Invalid names: Archaelurus debilis Cope 1879 [synonym], Dinictis major Lucas 1898 [synonym], Nimravus altidens Macdonald 1950 [synonym], Nimravus bumpensis Scott and Jepsen 1936 [synonym], Nimravus confertus Cope 1880 [synonym], Nimravus gomphodus Cope 1880 [synonym], Nimravus meridianus Stock 1933 [synonym], Nimravus sectator Matthew 1907 [synonym]
Nimravus intermedius Filhol 1872
Nimravus mongoliensis Gromova 1959
Invalid names: Archaelurus Cope 1879 [synonym], Nimravinus Kretzoi 1945 [synonym]
G. †Pangurban Poust et al. 2022
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Pangurban egiae Poust et al. 2022
G. †Pogonodon Cope 1880
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Pogonodon davisi Merriam 1906
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Invalid names: Pogonodon eileenae Macdonald 1970 [synonym], Pogonodon serrulidens Eaton 1922 [synonym]
Pogonodon platycopis Cope 1879
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Invalid names: Pogonodon cismontanus Thorpe 1920 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eusmilus insignis Filhol 1876 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: at least three genera belong to the "meat group" (Van Valkenburgh 1988)f
Created: 2005-08-30 14:54:36
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:31:38
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Martin 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Duchesnean to the top of the MN 9 or 40.40000 to 9.70000 Ma

Collections (163 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2China (Guangxi) Eusmilus sp. (190962)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2China (Henan) Eusmilus sp. (46193)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (Oregon) Nimravidae indet. (16842)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0China (Guangdong) Maofelis cantonensis (151737)
Duchesnean40.4 - 37.2USA (California) Hyaenodon sp. (17039)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Montana) Dinictis sp. (16935)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Dinictis sp., Hoplophoneus oharrai (16962 16963 16964 16965 16966) Nimravidae indet. (16960)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Dinictis sp., Hoplophoneus sp. (16919)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Dinictis sp. (16977)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Dinictis felina (16918) Dinictis sp., Hoplophoneus mentalis (16929) Hoplophoneus mentalis (16930)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Eusmilus sp. (16885) Eusmilus sp., Hoplophoneus oharrai (16938) Hoplophoneus mentalis (83881) Hoplophoneus oharrai, Dinictis fortis (17006)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Eofelis sp. (183665)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Thailand Hoplophoneus sp., Nimravus intermedius (49078)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) Eofelis sp., Aelurogale mongoliensis (174716) Nimravus mongoliensis (176016)
Chadronian - Orellan37.2 - 33.3USA (Wyoming) Hoplophoneus sp. (16976)
Late/Upper Eocene - Late/Upper Oligocene37.2 - 23.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Eofelis giganteus (184172)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (North Dakota) Dinictis sp. (17100)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Colorado) Dinictis sp. (17082)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Wyoming) Dinictis paucidens, Hoplophoneus latidens (17157) Eusmilus sicarius (99845) Hoplophoneus primaevus (17131)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (South Dakota) Dinictis felina, Hoplophoneus primaevus (17133 17295) Dinictis sp. (17103 17174 17187 17188 163487) Dinictis sp., Hoplophoneus sp. (17094 17173) Dinictis squalidens (17180) Eusmilus sicarius (17158) Hoplophoneus insolens (17084) Hoplophoneus occidentalis, Hoplophoneus primaevus (17153) Hoplophoneus primaevus (17067 17077 17141) Hoplophoneus robustus (17092) Nimravidae indet. (17089)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Dinictis felina, Hoplophoneus primaevus (17098) Nanosmilus kurteni (207804)
Rupelian - Whitneyan33.9 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) Eusmilus dakotensis (207805)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Eusmilus sp. (31583)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Germany (Bayern) Eusmilus villebramarensis (183526)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Machairodus bidentatus, Eofelis edwardsii (183670)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Nimravus mongoliensis (180961 182131 201185 201191)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine ) Dinailurictis bonali (184096)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Limousin) Eusmilus bidentatus (31753)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Germany (Bayern) Eusmilus bidentatus (183667 183668)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Eusmilus bidentatus (183669)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4Germany (Bayern) Nimravus intermedius, Eusmilus villebramarensis (91491)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Midi-Pyrenées) Dinailurictis bonali (167513) Nimravidae indet., Nimravus intermedius, Dinailurictis bonali, Eusmilus bidentatus, Eofelis edwardsi (167537)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine ) Nimravus intermedius, Dinailurictis bonali, Eusmilus villebramarensis, Eofelis edwardsii (183511)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Nimravus intermedius (179140 179142)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Nimravus intermedius (184095)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Dinailurictis bonali, Quercylurus major (179147) Nimravus intermedius (36709) Nimravus intermedius, Dinailurictis bonali (36711)
MP 2433.9 - 28.4France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Nimravus intermedius (182658)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Spain (Cataluña) Felidae indet. (37085)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Switzerland (Canton Basel-Landschaft) Eusmilus villebramarensis (182622)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Nimravus intermedius, Dinailurictis bonali, Quercylurus major (184039)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03Spain (Cuenca) Dinailurictis bonali, Quercylurus major, Eofelis edwardsii (184097)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03France Nimravus intermedius, Dinailurictis bonali (60214)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03France (Alpes-de-Haute Provence) Nimravus intermedius (183364)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Dinictis sp. (17372)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) Dinictis sp. (17336 17384 17385) Nimravidae indet. (17337) Nimravus altidens (17329) Pogonodon cismontanus (185937) Pogonodon sp. (17343 17344)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Nebraska) Dinictis bombifrons (17390) Nimravus brachyops (17400)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Oregon) Hoplophoneus strigidens, Nimravus brachyops (17349)
Whitneyan - late Early Arikareean33.3 - 20.43USA (California) Hoplophoneus belli, Nimravus meridianus (17527)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (South Dakota) Dinictis eileenae (17644) Ekgmoiteptecela olsontau (17645 17660) Eusmilus cerebralis (17705) Nimravus brachyops (17636 17650)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) Nimravus brachyops (17474)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Oregon) Dinaelurus crassus, Dinictis cyclops, Hoplophoneus platycopis, Nimravus brachyops (93078) Hoplophoneus sp., Eusmilus cerebralis, Nimravus brachyops (17508) Nimravus brachyops (17537)
Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (California) Nimravus sp. (17497)
Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (Oregon) Hoplophoneus brachyops, Machaerodus strigidens (180202)
Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (South Dakota) Eusmilus olsontau (17606) Nimravus brachyops (17483) Nimravus sectator (17452)
Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (Montana) Pogonodon sp. (17481)
early Early Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (Nebraska) Nimravus brachyops (156729)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Georgia Nimravus sp. (182744)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Oregon) Pogonodon sp. (93079)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Florida) Nimravidae indet. (17764)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Nimravus intermedius, Dinailurictis bonali, Quercylurus major (60281)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Felidae indet. (17526)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Namibia (Karas) Afrosmilus africanus (168036 175698)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Namibia Afrosmilus africanus (70807)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Uganda Barbourofelidae sp. (190022)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Afrosmilus africanus (83629)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Prosansanosmilus peregrinus (69098)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda Ginsburgsmilus napakensis (28441)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97France Prosansanosmilus peregrinus (142146)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Prosansanosmilus peregrinus (28629)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Centre) Prosansanosmilus peregrinus (69116)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Gers) Prosansanosmilus perigrinus (69099)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Alsac) Prosansanosmilus peregrinus (69106)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Sansanosmilus palmidens (32191)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Prosansanosmilus peregrinus (142149)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62China (Ningxia) Sansanosmilus sp. (42539)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) Sansanosmilus jourdani (69711)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) Sansanosmilus jourdani (73695)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Nevada) Sansanosmilus sp. (18845)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Texas) Barbourofelis whitfordi (18244 18355)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (South Dakota) Megantereon whitfordi (18063)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (California) Barbourofelis lovei (19185) Barbourofelis osborni (19322 19323) Barbourofelis whitfordi (159702) Felidae indet. (19517)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Nebraska) Barbourofelis morrisi (18214 18227 18447) Barbourofelis sp. (18218) Barbourofelis whitfordi (18095 18467)
Late/Upper Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Florida) Barbourofelis lovei (18554)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian13.6 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Barbourofelis morrisi (18236) Barbourofelis whitfordi (18134)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) Sansanosmilus jourdani (73696)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain Sansanosmilus jourdani (70806 78058)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine Pogonodon copei (75800)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Segovia) Sansanosmilus jourdani (40768)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Hebei) Sansanosmilus palmidens (38674)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Sansanosmilus jourdani (75481)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Barbourofelis sp. (18415)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) Barbourofelis fricki (19060)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) Barbourofelis loveorum (18034)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Barbourofelis fricki (18086)