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Pristifelis attica

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis attica was named by Wagner (1857). Its type specimen is BSPM A 511.116, a skull (skull and mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pikermi (old collection), which is in a Miocene fluvial horizon in Greece. It is the type species of Pristifelis.

It was recombined as Pristifelis attica by Salesa et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Felis attica Wagner
2012Pristifelis attica Salesa 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
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusPristifelis
speciesattica(Wagner 1857)

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.

†Pristifelis attica Wagner 1857
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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, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Turolian to the top of the Messinian or 8.72500 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Moldova Felis attica (75802)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Felis attica (182754)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Italy (Cuneo) Pristifelis attica (175903)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) Felis attica (182750)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Türkiye Felis attica (151910)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Felis attica (174455)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Macedonia) Felis attica, Pristifelis attica (73553)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Pristifelis attica (172910 172914)