Paramachaerodus Pilgrim 1913

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Alternative spelling: Paramachairodus

Synonym: Promegantereon Kretzoi 1938

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

See also Carroll 1988, Jiangzou et al. 2022, Salesa et al. 2010, Siliceo et al. 2014 and Slater and Van Valkenburgh 2008

Sister taxa: Dinofelis, Hemimachairodus, Machairodontini, Metailurini, Smilodontini

Subtaxa: Paramachaerodus maximiliani Paramachaerodus ogygia Paramachaerodus orientalis Paramachaerodus schlosseri Paramachaerodus transasiaticus Paramachaerodus yingliangi

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Arizona)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (1)

• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), China (2), Greece (2), Kyrgyzstan (1), Moldova (2), Spain (2), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)

Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences

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