Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Synonyms: Dinobastis Cope 1893, Homotherium (Dinobastis) Cope 1893, Ischyrosmilus Merriam 1918
Parent taxon: Homotheriina according to Q. Jiangzuo et al. 2022
See also Alroy 2002, Berta and Galiano 1983, Bjork 1970, Carroll 1988, Cope 1893, Dalquest and Carpenter 1988, Dundas 2005, Geraads 1997, Hay 1902, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Martin 1980, Martin 1998, Martin et al. 2000, Martin et al. 1988, Matthew 1910, Merriam 1918, Scharapov 1996, Schultz et al. 1970, Slater and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Waldrop 1974, Wallace and Hulbert 2013 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010
Sister taxa: Nimravides, Xenosmilus
Subtaxa: Homotherium crenatidens Homotherium crusafonti Homotherium hadarensis Homotherium idahoensis Homotherium ischyrus Homotherium johnstoni Homotherium latidens Homotherium problematicum Homotherium sainzelli Homotherium ultimum
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Canada (2: Yukon, Yukon ), China (2), the Czech Republic (1), France (11), Georgia (3), Germany (8), Greece (1), Italy (10), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (6), the Netherlands (1), North Atlantic (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), South Africa (1), Spain (8), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (19: California, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (15: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Bulgaria (1), France (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Kenya (3), South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (5), France (1), Georgia (1), Greece (5), Hungary (2), Kenya (2), Moldova (1), Morocco (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Senegal (1), South Africa (5), Spain (1), Tajikistan (1), Tanzania (8), Ukraine (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1), Uganda (1)
• Miocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (1)
Total: 148 collections including 150 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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