Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Alternative combination: Hyperailurictis validus
Full reference: T. M. Rothwell. 2001. A Partial Skeleton of Pseudaelurus (Carnivora: Felidae) from the Nambé Member of the Tesuque Formation, Española Basin, New Mexico. American Museum Novitates 3342:1-31
Belongs to Pseudaelurus according to T. M. Rothwell 2001
See also Rothwell 2004 and Werdelin et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Pseudaelurus aeluroides, Pseudaelurus africanus, Pseudaelurus cuspidatus, Pseudaelurus edwardsi, Pseudaelurus guangheensis, Pseudaelurus intrepidus, Pseudaelurus marshi, Pseudaelurus quadridentatus, Pseudaelurus romieviensis, Pseudaelurus skinneri, Pseudaelurus stouti
Type specimen: F:AM 62128, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Nambe, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Tesuque Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (7: Nebraska, New Mexico collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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