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Paramachaerodus schlosseri

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Machairodus schlosseri was named by Weithofer (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pikermi (old collection), which is in a Miocene fluvial horizon in Greece.

It was recombined as Paramachaerodus schlosseri by Jiangzou et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Machairodus schlosseri Weithofer
2022Paramachaerodus schlosseri Jiangzou et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
genusParamachaerodusPilgrim 1913
speciesschlosseri()

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.

Paramachaerodus schlosseri Weithofer 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Moldova Machairodus schlosseri (75802 75803)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) Machairodus schlosseri (75794)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Gansu) Paramachaerodus schlosseri (231009)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Machairodus schlosseri (type locality: 182754)