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Nimravus brachyops

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Taxonomy

Machaerodus brachyops was named by Cope (1878). It is the type species of Nimravus.

It was recombined as Hoplophoneus brachyops by Cope (1879); it was recombined as Pogonodon brachyops by Cope (1880), Merriam (1906) and Thorpe (1920); it was recombined as Dinictis brachyops by Adams (1896); it was recombined as Deinictis brachyops by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Nimravus brachyops by Cope (1879), Cope (1881), Mivart (1881), Matthew (1910), Toohey (1959), Macdonald (1963), Macdonald (1970), Bryant (1996), Peigné (2003) and Barrett (2016).

Synonyms

Archaelurus debilis was named by Cope (1879) [genotype]. Its type specimen is UCMP V-1681, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nimravus debilis by Matthew (1910) and Fremd (1994); it was synonymized subjectively with Nimravus brachyops by Toohey (1959), Bryant (1996) and Barrett (2016).
Dinictis major was named by Lucas (1898) [this is NOT "Archaelurus debilis major"].

It was recombined as Deinictis major by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Nimravus major by Matthew (1910) and Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Nimravus brachyops by Toohey (1959), Bryant (1996) and Barrett (2016).
Nimravus altidens was named by Macdonald (1950). Its type locality is East of Rockyford (Protoceras Channels), which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nimravus brachyops by Toohey (1959), Bryant (1996) and Barrett (2016).
Nimravus bumpensis was named by Scott and Jepsen (1936).

It was synonymized subjectively with Nimravus brachyops by Toohey (1959), Bryant (1996) and Barrett (2016).
Nimravus confertus was named by Cope (1880) [also said to be 1881].

It was synonymized subjectively with Nimravus brachyops by Toohey (1959), Bryant (1996) and Barrett (2016).
Nimravus gomphodus was named by Cope (1880) [NOT the genotype, contra Macdonald 1950].

It was synonymized subjectively with Nimravus brachyops by Toohey (1959), Bryant (1996) and Barrett (2016).
Nimravus meridianus was named by Stock (1933). Its type locality is Kew Quarry, which is in a Whitneyan/Arikareean terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Sespe Formation of California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nimravus brachyops by Toohey (1959), Lander (1983), Bryant (1996) and Barrett (2016).
Nimravus sectator was named by Matthew (1907). Its type locality is AMNH Rosebud 8, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in South Dakota.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nimravus brachyops by Barrett (2016).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1878	Machaerodus brachyops Cope p. 72
1879	Hoplophoneus brachyops Cope
1879	Nimravus brachyops Cope
1879	Archaelurus debilis Cope p. 798a
1880	Nimravus confertus Cope
1880	Archaelurus debilis Cope p. 842
1880	Nimravus confertus Cope p. 844–845
1880	Nimravus gomphodus Cope p. 844
1880	Pogonodon brachyops Cope p. 849
1881	Nimravus brachyops Cope p. 171
1881	Nimravus gomphodus Cope p. 171
1881	Nimravus confertus Cope p. 172
1881	Nimravus brachyops Mivart
1896	Dinictis brachyops Adams
1898	Dinictis major Lucas
1902	Deinictis brachyops Hay p. 780
1902	Deinictis major Hay p. 780
1902	Archaelurus debilis Hay p. 781
1902	Nimravus confertus Hay p. 781
1902	Nimravus gomphodus Hay p. 781
1906	Pogonodon brachyops Merriam
1907	Nimravus sectator Matthew
1910	Nimravus brachyops Matthew
1910	Nimravus debilis Matthew
1910	Nimravus major Matthew
1920	Pogonodon brachyops Thorpe
1930	Archaelurus debilis Hay
1930	Nimravus major Hay
1933	Nimravus meridianus Stock
1936	Dinictis major Scott and Jepsen
1936	Nimravus bumpensis Scott and Jepsen
1950	Nimravus altidens Macdonald
1959	Nimravus brachyops Toohey
1963	Nimravus brachyops Macdonald
1970	Nimravus brachyops Macdonald
1994	Nimravus debilis Fremd
1996	Nimravus brachyops Bryant
2003	Nimravus brachyops Peigné
2016	Nimravus brachyops Barrett p. 62 figs. 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B, 10B, 12B, 15B

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
—	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora
suborder	Feliformia	Kretzoi 1945
family	Nimravidae	Cope 1880
tribe	Nimravini
genus	Nimravus	Cope 1879
species	brachyops	()

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.

†Nimravus brachyops Cope 1878

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Invalid names: Archaelurus debilis Cope 1879 [synonym], Dinictis major Lucas 1898 [synonym], Nimravus altidens Macdonald 1950 [synonym], Nimravus bumpensis Scott and Jepsen 1936 [synonym], Nimravus confertus Cope 1880 [synonym], Nimravus gomphodus Cope 1880 [synonym], Nimravus meridianus Stock 1933 [synonym], Nimravus sectator Matthew 1907 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
P. Z. Barrett 2016	Same as genus.