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Taxonomy
Felis bituminosa was named by Merriam and Stock (1932). Its type specimen is LACM X8628, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was synonymized subjectively with Felis concolor by Kurtén (1976), Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was synonymized subjectively with Puma concolor by Ewer (1973), Hulbert (1992), Morgan and Seymour (1997).
It was synonymized subjectively with Felis concolor by Kurtén (1976), Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was synonymized subjectively with Puma concolor by Ewer (1973), Hulbert (1992), Morgan and Seymour (1997).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1932 | Felis bituminosa Merriam and Stock p. 215 figs. Plate 41, figs. 1 - 3 |
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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.
†Felis bituminosa Merriam and Stock 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available