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Xenosmilus hodsonae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Xenosmilus hodsonae was named by Martin et al. (2000). Its type specimen is BIOPSI 101, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Haile 21A, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in Florida. It is the type species of Xenosmilus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Xenosmilus hodsonae Martin et al. p. 42 figs. Fig. 1-2

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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
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyMachairodontinaeGill 1872
tribeMachairodontiniGill 1872
subtribeHomotheriina()
genusXenosmilus
specieshodsonae

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.

†Xenosmilus hodsonae Martin et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available