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Megantereon cultridens

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Ursus cultridens was named by Cuvier (1824).

It was recombined as Drepanodon cultridens by Cope (1880); it was recombined as Megantereon cultridens by Berta and Galiano (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. gracile, M. gracile

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Ursus cultridens Cuvier
1880Drepanodon cultridens Cope p. 854
1983Megantereon cultridens Berta and Galiano p. 893

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyMachairodontinaeGill 1872
tribeSmilodontiniKretzoi 1929
genusMegantereonCroizet and Jobert 1828
speciescultridens(Cuvier 1824)

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.

†Megantereon cultridens Cuvier 1824
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:22:03
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Megantereon cultridens (21821)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain (La Rioja) Megantereon megantereon (38892)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Greece (Dytiki) Megantereon cultridens (34811)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Spain (Granada) Megantereon cultridens (77773)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece (Macedonia) Megantereon cultridens (34784)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Megantereon sp. (34911)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Megantereon cultridens (21828)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Italy (Tuscany) Megantereon cultridens (49254)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (La Rioja) Megantereon cultridens (189976)