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Proailurus

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Proailurus was named by Filhol (1879) [authority data not certain].

It was assigned to Nimravidae by Cope (1880); to Aeluroidea by Hunt (1989); to Feloidea by de Bonis et al. (1999); and to Felidae by Carroll (1988), Morlo (1996), Hunt (1998), Rothwell (2003).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Proailurus Filhol
1880Proaelurus Cope p. 836
1988Proailurus Carroll
1989Proailurus Hunt, Jr. p. 14
1996Proailurus Morlo p. 205
1998Proailurus Hunt, Jr. p. 41
1999Proailurus de Bonis et al.
2003Proailurus Rothwell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
genusProailurusFilhol 1879

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Proailurus Filhol 1879
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Proailurus lemanensis Filhol 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available