Mammalia - Carnivora - Ailuridae
Alternative spellings: Aeluridae, Ailurina, Ailurinae
Full reference: C.-L. Bonaparte. 1850. Conspectus Systematis Mastozoologiae. Editio Altera Reformata. 1
Parent taxon: Mustelida according to X. Wang et al. 2005
See also Baskin 1998, Baskin et al. 2020, Bonaparte 1850, Cope 1889, Flower 1883, Ginsburg et al. 1997, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Salesa et al. 2006, Trouessart 1898 and Van Valen 1986
Sister taxa: Bavarictis, Chaprongictis, Mephitidae, Mustelictis, Mustelidae, Oligobunidae, Peignictis, Procyonidae, Procyonoidea, Pseudobassaris
Subtaxa: Ailurinae Amphictis Protursus Simocyon Simocyoninae
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Blancan of United States (1: Washington)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), Romania (1), Slovakia (3)
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Idaho, Oregon, Tennessee)
• Miocene of China (1), France (4), Germany (4), Greece (1), Hungary (2), Moldova (1), Poland (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (5), United States (4: California, Florida, Nevada)
• Oligocene of France (2), Pakistan (1)
Total: 37 collections including 44 occurrences