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Taxonomy
Pseudaelurus validus was named by Rothwell (2001) [not clear what Martin et al. 1988 think]. Its type specimen is F:AM 62128, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nambe, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Tesuque Formation of New Mexico.
It was recombined as Hyperailurictis validus by Werdelin et al. (2010).
It was recombined as Hyperailurictis validus by Werdelin et al. (2010).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Pseudaelurus validus Rothwell p. 5 figs. 2 - 19 |
| 2004 | Pseudaelurus validus Rothwell p. 159 |
| 2010 | Hyperailurictis validus Werdelin et al. |
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†Pseudaelurus validus Rothwell 2001
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. M. Rothwell 2001 | Differing from other species by the combination of large size, long dis- tance between c and p3, extremely reduced or absent metaconid on m1, and robust dentary with large and erect rectangular-shaped coronoid process. P. validus overlaps in size with P. intrepidus and P. marshi in North America and P. quadridentatus in Europe, and can be differentiated from these species by the longer c-p3 distance in P. validus, which exceeds the length of its m1, and by its large, erect, and rectangular coronoid process. |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Barstovian or 18.50000 to 12.50000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Pseudaelurus validus (17920 17980) | |
| Barstovian | USA (New Mexico) | Pseudaelurus sp. (type locality: 19449) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Pseudaelurus validus (17905 17911 17955 17975) |