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Parailurus

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Ailuridae

Taxonomy
Parailurus was named by Schlosser (1899). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Procyonidae by Schlosser (1899), Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988); to Ailurinae by Baskin (1998); to Ailuridae by Wallace and Wang (2004); to Ailurinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Kundrat (2022); and to Pristinailurini by Wallace and Lyon (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Parailurus Schlosser
1968Parailurus Kurten p. 118
1980Parailurus Kurten and Anderson p. 177
1988Parailurus Carroll
1998Parailurus Baskin p. 149
2004Parailurus Wallace and Wang
2022Parailurus Kundrat
2022Parailurus Wallace and Lyon

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyAiluridae()
subfamilyAilurinae
tribePristinailurini
genusParailurusSchlosser 1899

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.

G. †Parailurus Schlosser 1899
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Parailurus anglicus Dawkins 1888
Parailurus baikalicus Sotnikova 2008
Parailurus hungaricus Kormos 1935
Parailurus tedfordi Wallace and Lyon 2022
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available