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Homotherium ischyrus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Machaerodus ischyrus was named by Merriam (1905). Its type specimen is UCMP 8140, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ischyrosmilus ischyrus by Merriam (1918), Merriam (1919) and Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was recombined as Dinobastis ischyrus by Berta and Galiano (1983); it was synonymized subjectively with Ischyrosmilus gracilis by Churcher (1984); it was recombined as Homotherium ischyrus by Martin et al. (1988) and Anton et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Machaerodus ischyrus Merriam
1918Ischyrosmilus ischyrus Merriam
1919Ischyrosmilus ischyrus Merriam
1980Ischyrosmilus ischyrus Kurten and Anderson p. 188
1983Dinobastis ischyrus Berta and Galiano p. 896
1988Homotherium ischyrus Martin et al.
2014Homotherium ischyrus Anton 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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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
subtribeHomotheriina()
genusHomotheriumFabrini 1890
speciesischyrus()

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.

Homotherium ischyrus Merriam 1905
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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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available