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Nimravinae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Taxonomy
Nimravinae was named by Trouessart (1885). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Machairodontinae by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Felidae by Savage (1965) and Heizmann et al. (1980); and to Nimravidae by Flynn and Galiano (1982), Bryant (1991), Hunt (1998), Peigné (2003) and Slater and Van Valkenburgh (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Nimravinae Trouessart
1965Nimravinae Savage p. 302
1980Nimravinae Heizmann et al. p. 9
1982Hoplophoneinae Flynn and Galiano p. 53
1982Nimravinae Flynn and Galiano p. 53
1991Nimravinae Bryant p. 69
1998Nimravinae Hunt, Jr. p. 198
2003Nimravinae Peigné
2008Nimravinae Slater and Van Valkenburgh p. 407

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
familyNimravidaeCope 1880
subfamilyNimravinaeTrouessart 1885
subfamilyNimravinaeTrouessart 1885

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.

Subfm. †Nimravinae Trouessart 1885
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G. †Dinailurictis Helbing 1922
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†Dinailurictis bonali Helbing 1922
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Invalid names: Ailurictis helbingi Kretzoi 1929 [synonym]
G. †Eofelis Kretzoi 1938
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†Eofelis edwardsii Filhol 1872
†Eofelis giganteus Peigné 2000
G. †Quercylurus Ginsburg 1979
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†Quercylurus major Ginsburg 1979
Invalid names: Hoplophoneinae [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. J. G. Savage 1965Felidswithlargeincisors;uppercanineenlargedandlowercanine normal or slightly reduced; carnassial teeth deeply notched; P3 large, P4 with well developed protocone, strong paracone and parastyle present; anterior premolars absent or vestigial.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:54:36
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:31:38
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Martin 1998, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Chattian or 37.20000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) Eofelis sp. (174716)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Eofelis sp. (183665)
Late/Upper Eocene - Late/Upper Oligocene37.2 - 23.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Eofelis giganteus (184172)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine ) Dinailurictis bonali (184096)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Eofelis edwardsii (183670)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Midi-Pyrenées) Dinailurictis bonali (167513) Dinailurictis bonali, Eofelis edwardsi (167537)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine ) Dinailurictis bonali, Eofelis edwardsii (183511)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Dinailurictis bonali (36711) Dinailurictis bonali, Quercylurus major (179147)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Dinailurictis bonali, Quercylurus major (184039)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03Spain (Cuenca) Dinailurictis bonali, Quercylurus major, Eofelis edwardsii (184097)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03France Dinailurictis bonali (60214)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Dinailurictis bonali, Quercylurus major (60281)