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Taxonomy
Felis obscura was named by Hendey (1974). Its type specimen is L 10100, a maxilla (L maxillary fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 'E' Quarry, which is in a Pliocene cave sandstone in the Varswater Formation of South Africa.
It was recombined as Megantereon obscura by Morales et al. (2005); it was recombined as Yoshi obscura by Jiangzuo et al. (2023).
It was recombined as Megantereon obscura by Morales et al. (2005); it was recombined as Yoshi obscura by Jiangzuo et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1974 | Felis obscura Hendey p. 164 |
| 2005 | Megantereon obscura Morales et al. |
| 2023 | Yoshi obscura Jiangzuo et al. |
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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.
†Yoshi obscura Hendey 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 7.24600 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messinian | Kenya | Megantereon obscura (70365) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | Felis obscura, Yoshi obscura (59167) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | Felis obscura (22222) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Langebaanweg) | Felis obscura (type locality: 21713) |