Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Homotherium problematicus

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
H. crenatidens (syn. H. nestianus), H. crusafonti, H. hadarensis, H. idahoensis, H. ischyrus, H. johnstoni, H. latidens (syn. H. serum), H. problematicum, H. sainzelli, H. ultimum
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. davitashvili, H. hungaricus, H. moravicum
Entered
by on

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

Please join the Paleobiology Database and enter some data

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
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyMachairodontinaeGill 1872
tribeMachairodontiniGill 1872
subtribeHomotheriina()
genusHomotheriumFabrini 1890
speciesproblematicus

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) Homotherium problematicus (70907)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Homotherium problematicus (22356 22357)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Homotherium problematicus (21292)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) Homotherium problematicus (21283 21345)