Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Full reference: J. Morales, M. Pickford, S. Fraile, M. J. Salesa, and D. Soria. 2003. Creodonta and Carnivora from Arrisdrift, early Middle Miocene of southern Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19:177-194
Parent taxon: Felidae according to L. Werdelin and S. Peigne 2010
See also Morales et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Aeluropsis, Catolynx, Cynaelurus, Cynailurus, Diamantofelis, Drepanodon, Epimachairodus, Felinae, Hyperailurictis, Jansofelis, Katifelis, Machaerodus, Machairodontinae, Mellivorodon, Pantherinae, Plethaelurus, Proailurus, Profelis, Propontosmilus, Pseudaelurus, Sivaelurus, Sivafelis, Sivasmilus, Uncia, Vinayakia, Viretailurus, Vishnufelis
Subtaxa: none
Type: Diamantofelis minor
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Namafelis in the database
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