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Barbourofelis piveteaui

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Taxonomy
Megantereon piveteaui was named by Ozansoy (1965). Its type specimen is TRQ 1016 and 101, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Barbourofelis piveteaui by Schultz et al. (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Megantereon piveteaui Ozansoy
1970Barbourofelis piveteaui Schultz et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
familyNimravidaeCope 1880
subfamilyBarbourofelinaeSchultz et al. 1970
genusBarbourofelis
speciespiveteaui()

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.

†Barbourofelis piveteaui Ozansoy 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available