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Machairodus giganteus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Machairodus giganteus was named by Wagner (1848).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. alberdiae, M. gigantheus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Machairodus giganteus Wagner
2012Machairodus giganteus Koufos p. 58

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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
tribeMachairodontiniGill 1872
genusMachairodus
speciesgiganteusWagner 1848

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.

†Machairodus giganteus Wagner 1848
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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: 2009-01-04 14:32:49
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:32:49
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: base of the MN 12 to the top of the Ruscinian or 7.90000 to 3.55000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) Machairodus giganteus (201497)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Moldova Machairodus giganteus (152254)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) Machairodus giganteus (195435)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Spain (Aragon) Machairodus giganteus (35339)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Türkiye Machairodus giganteus (151910)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Chalkidona) Machairodus giganteus (195489)
MN 127.9 - 6.965Ukraine (Odessa) Machairodus giganteus (167995)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Machairodus giganteus (59839)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Türkiye (Ankara) Machairodus giganteus (34370)