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Xenosmilus hodsonae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy

Xenosmilus hodsonae was named by Martin et al. (2000). Its type specimen is BIOPSI 101, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Haile 21A, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in Florida. It is the type species of Xenosmilus.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2000	Xenosmilus hodsonae Martin et al. p. 42 figs. Fig. 1-2

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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
—	Mammaliaformes

Rank	Name	Author
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
superfamily	Feloidea	Hay 1930
family	Felidae
subfamily	Machairodontinae	Gill 1872
tribe	Machairodontini	Gill 1872
subtribe	Homotheriina	()
genus	Xenosmilus
species	hodsonae

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.

†Xenosmilus hodsonae Martin et al. 2000

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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, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 1.40000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	USA (Florida)	Xenosmilus hodsonae (98313)
Irvingtonian	1.4 - 0.21	USA (Florida)	Xenosmilus hodsonae (type locality: 20351)