Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Alternative combinations: Dinofelis paleoonca, Panthera palaeoonca
Full reference: G. E. Meade. 1945. The Blanco Fauna. University of Texas Publication 4401:509-556
Belongs to Dinofelis according to L. Werdelin and M. E. Lewis 2001
See also Dalquest 1975, Kurten 1972, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Meade 1945 and Schultz 1990
Sister taxa: Dinofelis abeli, Dinofelis aronoki, Dinofelis barlowi, Dinofelis cristata, Dinofelis darti, Dinofelis diastemata, Dinofelis petteri, Dinofelis piveteaui, Dinofelis werdelini
Type specimen: Its type locality is Meade's Quarry 11, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Blanco Formation of Texas
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (4: Texas, Washington collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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