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Plesiofelis schlosseri

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

Taxonomy
Plesiofelis schlosseri was named by Roth (1904). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lago Musters, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pharsophorus lacerans by Simpson (1948).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Plesiofelis schlosseri Roth
1904Plesiofelis cretaceus Roth p. 278
1927Pharsophorus cretaceus Cabrera p. 278
1948Pharsophorus cretaceus Simpson
1978Plesiofelis schlosseri Marshall

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
orderSparassodonta()
superfamilyBorhyaenoideaAmeghino 1894
—Borhyaenidae()
genusPlesiofelis
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.

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Invalid names: Plesiofelis cretaceus Roth 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-05-24 23:51:13
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:51:13
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Goin 1997

Age range: base of the Mustersan to the top of the Priabonian or 48.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) Plesiofelis cretaceus, Plesiofelis schlosseri (type locality: 176290)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Argentina (Río Negro) Plesiofelis schlosseri (225620)