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Taxonomy
Prionailurus kurteni was named by Jiangzuo et al. (2024). Its type specimen is IVPP V33075, a mandible (partial mandible with p4 and m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hualongdong Caves, which is in a Pleistocene cave limestone in China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2024 | Prionailurus kurteni Jiangzuo et al. p. 337 figs. Fig. 3 |
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†Prionailurus kurteni Jiangzuo et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Q. Jiangzuo et al. 2024 | Differs from Prionailurus bengalensis and P. javanensis in smaller
size, distinctly weaker p4 mesial accessory cuspid, weaker p4 distal cingulid, and more caudally located masseteric fossa. Further differs from P. planiceps by more robust dentition. Differs from Felis spp. by weaker p4 mesial accessory cuspid and distal cingulid and less mesially inclined m1. Differs from Pardofelis marmorata and Catopuma spp. by much smaller size, and slightly mesially inclined m1. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | China (Anhui) | Prionailurus kurteni (type locality: 237474) |