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Miracinonyx trumani

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis trumani was named by Orr (1969).

It was recombined as Acinonyx (Miracinonyx) trumani by Adams (1979); it was recombined as Acinonyx trumani by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Dalquest and Schultz (1992); it was synonymized subjectively with Miracinonyx studeri by Morgan and Seymour (1997); it was recombined as Miracinonyx trumani by Van Valkenburgh et al. (1990), Wang and Martin (1993), Albright et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Felis trumani Orr
1977Felis trumani Martin et al. p. 982
1979Acinonyx (Miracinonyx) trumani Adams p. 1155 figs. Figs. 1 - 3
1980Acinonyx trumani Kurten and Anderson p. 194
1990Miracinonyx trumani Van Valkenburgh et al. p. 435
1992Acinonyx trumani Dalquest and Schultz
1993Miracinonyx trumani Wang and Martin p. 433
2019Miracinonyx trumani Albright et al. p. 170

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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
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusMiracinonyx(Adams 1979)
speciestrumani(Orr 1969)

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.

Miracinonyx trumani Orr 1969
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (South Carolina) Miracinonyx trumani (79757)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Felis trumani (93181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Acinonyx trumani (74954)