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Nimravus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Nimravus Cope
1879Archaelurus Cope p. 798a
1880Archaelurus Cope p. 836
1880Nimravus Cope p. 836
1902Archaelurus Hay p. 781
1902Nimravus Hay p. 781
1929Archaelurus Kretzoi
1936Archaelurus Scott and Jepsen
1945Nimravinus Kretzoi
1945Archaelurus Simpson
1982Nimravus Flynn and Galiano p. 53
1991Nimravus Bryant p. 69
1998Nimravus Hunt, Jr. p. 230
1998Nimravus Martin
2003Nimravus Peigné
2008Nimravus Slater and Van Valkenburgh p. 407
2016Nimravus Barrett
2019Nimravus de Bonis et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
tribeNimravini
genusNimravusCope 1879

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. †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]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Z. Barrett 2016Sutural contact between the lacrimal and jugal; presence of lateral and medial fossae on the zygomata; broadly circular zygomata in dorsal view; presence of discrete petrobasilar and posterior lacerate foramina; postglenoid foramen present; reduced mastoid with large plate-like paroccipital process; posterior lip of the glenoid socket projects more ventrally than anterior lip; oblique angle between the braincase and axial plane of the cranium; horizontally projecting postorbital process of frontal; posteriorly orientated posterior border of coronoid process; no genial flange, but the ventral rim of the chin is distinctly angulate; presence of fossa on ventral face of chin; spatulated incisors, with accessory denticles especially on the lower incisors, I3 slightly caniniform and distinctly larger than the other incisors; mesial-distal length of C1 less than that of P4; ratio of height of P3–P4, 0.71 and greater; parastyle absent from P4; P4 protocone reduced, short, crest-like; M1 transversely reduced, crest-like, with low cusps and near absent to absent protocone; lower incisor arcade not or little curved, so as i1 is not visible in lateral view; p3 height is as tall or slightly taller than p4; anterior cusp on p4 mesially/distally longer than the posterior cusp; p4 as tall as or taller than the paraconid of m1; m1 metaconid absent; trigonid proportion of m1 is 77–87%; serrations absent on adult minimally worn cheek teeth; ratio of tibia to femur 87% and higher; articulation between the calcaneum and navicular present.