Machairodus Kaup 1833 (cat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Full reference: J. J. Kaup. 1833. Description d'Ossements Fossiles de Mammifères Inconnus Jusqu'à-Présent. 2:1-31

Parent taxon: Machairodontini according to S. C. Wallace and R. C. Hulbert 2013

See also Ameghino 1902, Antón et al. 2013, Berta and Galiano 1983, Bjork 1970, Carroll 1988, Cope 1880, Hay 1902, Kaup 1833, Koufos 2012, Martin 1998, Peigne et al. 2005, Roussiakis and Theodorou 2003, Slater and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Sotnikova 1991 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010

Sister taxa: Adeilosmilus, Amphimachairodus, Homotheriina, Lokotunjailurus, Miomachairodus, Taowu

Subtaxa: Machairodus africanus Machairodus aphanistus Machairodus catocopis Machairodus giganteus Machairodus irtyschensis Machairodus ischimicus Machairodus kurteni Machairodus lahayishupup Machairodus necator Machairodus nihowanensis Machairodus tanneri

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Greece (1), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Blancan of Mexico (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1)

• Pliocene of China (1), Egypt (2), Georgia (1), Kazakhstan (2), Libya (1), the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (2), Turkey (1)

• MN 13 of Moldova (1)

• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (20: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), South Africa (2), Tanzania (3)

• Miocene of Bulgaria (4), Chad (1), China (5), France (1), Germany (1), Greece (8), Iraq (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (1), Moldova (5), Spain (10), Tajikistan (1), Tunisia (1), Turkey (4), Ukraine (3), United States (2: Florida, Nebraska)

Total: 96 collections including 101 occurrences

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