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Dinaelurus
Taxonomy
Dinaelurus was named by Eaton (1922). It is not extant. Its type is Dinaelurus crassus.
It was assigned to Nimravidae by Eaton (1922) and Martin (1998); to Nimravinae by Flynn and Galiano (1982), Bryant (1991) and Slater and Van Valkenburgh (2008); and to Nimravini by Barrett (2016).
It was assigned to Nimravidae by Eaton (1922) and Martin (1998); to Nimravinae by Flynn and Galiano (1982), Bryant (1991) and Slater and Van Valkenburgh (2008); and to Nimravini by Barrett (2016).
Species
D. crassus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1922 | Dinaelurus Eaton |
| 1982 | Dinaelurus Flynn and Galiano p. 53 |
| 1991 | Dinaelurus Bryant p. 69 |
| 1998 | Dinaelurus Martin |
| 2008 | Dinaelurus Slater and Van Valkenburgh p. 407 |
| 2016 | Dinaelurus Barrett p. 64 |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. Z. Barrett 2016 | Presence of lateral and medial fossae on the zygomata; zygomata triangular in dorsal view; absence of medial ridge of palate; presence of discrete petrobasilar and posterior lacerate foramina; postglenoid foramen present; reduced mastoid with large plate-like paroccipital process; anterior lip of the glenoid socket absent; oblique angle between the braincase and axial plane of the cranium; horizontally projecting postorbital process of frontal; spatulated incisors, with accessory denticules, I3 slightly caniniform and distinctly larger than the other incisors; mesial-distal length of C1 less than that of P4; no serrations on adult C1; ratio of height of P3–P4, 0.71 and greater; parastyle absent from P4; P4 protocone reduced, short, crest-like; M1 transversely reduced, crest-like, with low cusps and near absent to absent protocone; serrations absent on adult minimally worn cheek teeth. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Martin 1998, Carroll 1988 | |||||