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Pseudaelurus africanus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Pseudaelurus africanus was named by Andrews (1914). Its type specimen is BMNH M. 10634, a partial skull (Facial region of skull, the maxillae with all dental alveoli and P3+4 present), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Karungu, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Kenya.

It was recombined as Metailurus africanus by Savage (1965); it was recombined as Afrosmilus africanus by Schmidt-Kittler (1987), Anyonge (1991), Morales et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. intrepdius, P. quadradentatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Pseudaelurus africanus Andrews
1965Metailurus africanus Savage p. 304
1987Afrosmilus africanus Schmidt-Kittler
1991Afrosmilus africanus Anyonge p. 387
2008Afrosmilus africanus Morales et al.

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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
genusPseudaelurus
speciesafricanusAndrews 1914

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.

†Pseudaelurus africanus Andrews 1914
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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: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:33:05
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:33:05
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Kenya Pseudaelurus africanus (type locality: 146600)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Metailurus africanus (21725 21726)