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Machairodus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Machairodus Kaup p. 24 figs. Plate 1, Fig. 5, 5a, 5c & 5e
1902Machaerodus Ameghino
1902Machairodus Hay p. 777
1970Machairodus Bjork p. 43
1983Machairodus Berta and Galiano p. 896
1988Machairodus Carroll
1991Machairodus Sotnikova p. 362
1998Machairodus Martin p. 239
2003Machairodus Roussiakis and Theodorou
2005Machairodus Peigne et al. p. 244
2008Machairodus Slater and Van Valkenburgh p. 407
2010Machairodus Werdelin and Peigne p. 651
2012Machairodus Koufos p. 58
2013Machairodus Antón et al. p. 1206
2013Machairodus Wallace and Hulbert p. 3 figs. Figure 2

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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
subfamilyMachairodontinaeGill 1872
tribeMachairodontiniGill 1872
genusMachairodus

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. †Machairodus Kaup 1833
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†Machairodus africanus Arambourg 1979
†Machairodus catocopis Cope 1887
†Machairodus giganteus Wagner 1848
†Machairodus ischimicus Orlov 1936
†Machairodus kurteni Sotnikova 1991
†Machairodus lahayishupup Orcutt and Calede 2021
†Machairodus necator Gervais 1880
†Machairodus nihowanensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930
†Machairodus tanneri Martin and Schultz 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: "meat group" (Van Valkenburgh 1988)g
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, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Clarendonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 12.50000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (96 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) M. giganteus (201497)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa M. sp. (22228)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Spain M. aphanistus (190006)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) M. sp. (28781)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine (Dnepropetrovsk) M. sp. (60263)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia (Gafsa) M. sp. (35277)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Florida) M. sp. (18541)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) M. sp. (18181)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova M. cultridens, M. parvulus, M. aphanistus (75803) M. giganteus (152254) M. parvulus, M. sp. (75802)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine M. cultridens (75800)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Epimachairodus fires (11798)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia M. sp. (22139)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Segovia) M. alberdiae, M. aphanistus (40768)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Iraq M. sp. (41735)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Gansu) M. aphanistus (236747)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey M. aphanistus (56563)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) M. giganteus (195435)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Denizli) M. aphanistus (197642)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Usak) M. aphanistus (34462)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) M. sp. (202120)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain M. aphanistus (190007 190008 190009 190010 190011 190012)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) M. afanistus (182745) M. aphanistus (182750)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) M. leoninus (182754)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Moldova (Tighina Departement) M. sclosseri, M. cultridens (36143) M. sp. (36139)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Kyrgyzstan M. sp. (76287)
MN 9 - MN 1011.1 - 8.7Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) M. aphanistus (22681)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) M. lahayishupup (19015) M. sp. (18833 18970)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) M. lahayishupup (18097) M. sp. (18072)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) M. sp. (19272)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) Felidae indet. (19058) M. sp. (18900)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) M. sp. (19479)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) M. sp. (18601)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) M. coloradensis (18441)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) M. catocopis (18365 18415 18497)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) M. sp. (19514)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) M. sp. (18036)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Hidalgo) M. sp. (18733)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) M. sp. (18126 35430)
early Early Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Nimravides catocopis (19538)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) M. sp. (26574)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Spain M. aphanistus (195492)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) M. aphanistus (202213)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Turkey M. giganteus (151910)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Aragon) M. giganteus (35339)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Bulgaria M. sp. (208566 208567 208568 208569)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Gansu) M. sp. (42675 42676)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Kazakhstan M. kurteni (34436)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) M. giganteus (195489)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Tajikistan (Daraispon) M. gigantheus (34391)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) M. sp. (73553)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) M. giganteus (167995)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad M. giganteus (59839)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Libya M. sp. (102369)
MN 13 - MN 147.246 - 4.2Moldova M. sp. (50904)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania M. sp. (22042 22058 22063)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) M. sp. (115166)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kazakhstan M. ischimicus (76289)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Turkey (Ankara) M. giganteus (34370)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Shanxi) M. palanderi (42559)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kazakhstan M. irtyschensis (76536)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (West-Siberia) M. irtyschensis (44866)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Georgia M. davitasvilii (40392)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Libya M. sp. (96989)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Guanajuato) M. sp. (20077)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) M. sp. (21713)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt (Al Buhayrah) M. aphanistus (42119)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt M. aphanistus (22592)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa M. darti (22340)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Russian Federation M. sp. (76530)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781China (Hebei) M. nihowanensis (231023)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Dodecanese) M. crenatidens (204662)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Homotherium latidens (43652)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence) M. sp. (48890)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (58421)