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Eusmilus

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Taxonomy

Eusmilus was named by Gervais (1876). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Machairodontinae by Hay (1902); to Hoplophoneinae by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Nimravinae by Bryant (1991), Peigné and Brunet (2001), Peigné (2003), Slater and Van Valkenburgh (2008); to Hoplophoneini by Barrett (2016); and to Nimravidae by Gervais (1876), Cope (1880), Martin (1998), de Bonis et al. (2019).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1876	Eusmilus Gervais
1880	Eusmilus Cope p. 836
1902	Eusmilus Hay p. 778
1982	Eusmilus Flynn and Galiano p. 53
1991	Eusmilus Bryant p. 69
1998	Eusmilus Martin
2001	Eusmilus Peigné and Brunet
2003	Eusmilus Peigné
2008	Eusmilus Slater and Van Valkenburgh p. 407
2016	Eusmilus Barrett
2019	Eusmilus de Bonis et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Pancarnivora
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
—	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora
suborder	Feliformia	Kretzoi 1945
family	Nimravidae	Cope 1880
tribe	Hoplophoneini	Kretzoi 1929
genus	Eusmilus	Gervais 1876

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.

G. †Eusmilus Gervais 1876

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

carnivoreg

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Comments:

"meat group" (Van Valkenburgh 1988)g

Created:

2009-01-04 14:31:12

Modified:

2009-01-04 16:31:49

Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Carroll 1988, Martin 1998, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.07000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	China (Guangxi)	E. sp. (190962)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	China (Henan)	E. sp. (46193)
Chadronian	37.0 - 33.9	USA (South Dakota)	E. sp. (16885 16938)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region)	E. sp. (31583)