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Ailuridae (red panda)
Taxonomy
Ailurina was named by Bonaparte (1850). It is extant.
It was reranked as the family Aeluridae by Cope (1889); it was reranked as the subfamily Ailurinae by Trouessart (1898), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Van Valen (1986), Baskin (1998); it was reranked as the family Ailuridae by Flower (1883), Ginsburg et al. (1997), Wang et al. (2005), Salesa et al. (2006), Baskin et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Arctoidea by Flower (1883); to Fissipedia by Cope (1889); to Ursidae by Trouessart (1898), Van Valen (1986); to Procyonidae by Bonaparte (1850), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Baskin (1998); to Mustelida by Wang et al. (2005); to Arctoidea by Salesa et al. (2006); and to Carnivora by Ginsburg et al. (1997), Baskin et al. (2020).
It was reranked as the family Aeluridae by Cope (1889); it was reranked as the subfamily Ailurinae by Trouessart (1898), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Van Valen (1986), Baskin (1998); it was reranked as the family Ailuridae by Flower (1883), Ginsburg et al. (1997), Wang et al. (2005), Salesa et al. (2006), Baskin et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Arctoidea by Flower (1883); to Fissipedia by Cope (1889); to Ursidae by Trouessart (1898), Van Valen (1986); to Procyonidae by Bonaparte (1850), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Baskin (1998); to Mustelida by Wang et al. (2005); to Arctoidea by Salesa et al. (2006); and to Carnivora by Ginsburg et al. (1997), Baskin et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1850 | Ailurina Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1883 | Ailuridae Flower p. 185 |
| 1889 | Aeluridae Cope p. 876 |
| 1898 | Ailurinae Trouessart |
| 1980 | Ailurinae Kurten and Anderson p. 177 |
| 1986 | Ailurinae Van Valen p. 428 |
| 1997 | Ailuridae Ginsburg et al. p. 447 |
| 1998 | Ailurinae Baskin p. 146 |
| 2005 | Ailuridae Wang et al. p. 48 fig. 17 |
| 2006 | Ailuridae Salesa et al. p. 381 |
| 2020 | Ailuridae Baskin et al. |
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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.
Fm. Ailuridae Bonaparte 1850 [red panda]
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Subfm. Ailurinae
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Tr. †Ailurini Wallace and Lyon 2022
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Tr. †Pristinailurini Wallace and Lyon 2022
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G. †Parailurus Schlosser 1899
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†Parailurus anglicus Dawkins 1888
†Parailurus baikalicus Sotnikova 2008
†Parailurus hungaricus Kormos 1935
†Parailurus tedfordi Wallace and Lyon 2022
G. †Amphictis Pomel 1853
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†Amphictis aginensis de Bonis 1973
†Amphictis ambigua Gervais 1872
†Amphictis antiqua de Blainville 1842
†Amphictis borbonica Viret 1929
†Amphictis cuspida Nagel 2003
†Amphictis milloquensis Helbing 1928
†Amphictis prolongata Morlo 1996
†Amphictis schlosseri Heizmann and Morlo 1994
†Amphictis timucua Baskin 2017
†Amphictis wintershofensis Roth 1994
G. †Simocyon Wagner 1858
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†Simocyon batalleri Viret 1929
†Simocyon diaphorus Kaup 1832
Invalid names: Araeocyon Thorpe 1922 [synonym]
Subfm. †Simocyoninae
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G. †Alopecocyon Camp and Vanderhoof 1940
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†Alopecocyon goeriachensis Toula 1884
†Alopecocyon leardi Stock 1947
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 28 to the top of the MN 16 or 27.30000 to 2.24500 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Collections (38 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chattian | USA (North Carolina) | Amphictis timucua (71651) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | Alopecocyon sp. (179812) | |
| MP 28 | France (Quercy) | Amphictis nana, Amphictis ambigua (36712) | |
| MP 29 | France (Aquitaine) | Amphictis ambigua, Amphictis milloquensis (37208) | |
| MN 1 | Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) | Amphictis borbonica, Amphictis schlosseri, Amphictis prolongata (69617) | |
| Aquitanian | Hungary (Esztergom) | Amphictis sp. (186636) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Spain (Castile-La Mancha) | Alopecocyon sp. (136269) | |
| Miocene | France | Alopecocyon getti (200296) | |
| MN 2 | Germany (R.-P. and Hesse) | Amphictis borbonica, Amphictis schlosseri, Amphictis prolongata (69606) | |
| Burdigalian | France (Maine-et-Loire) | Amphictis antiquus (48069) | |
| MN 3 | Germany (Bavaria) | Amphictis antiquus (68040) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Amphictis timucua (18562) | |
| MN 4 - MN 5 | Spain | Magerictis imperialensis (70805) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nevada) | Actiocyon parverratis (181725 181729) | |
| MN 5 | Germany | Amphictis sp. (46955) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | Alopecocyon goeriachensis (32191) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Spain | Magerictis imperialensis (187347) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Alopecocyon goeriachensis (42588) | |
| Middle Miocene | Spain (Madrid) | Magerictis imperialensis (197674) | |
| Langhian - Tortonian | France (Maine-et-Loire) | Amphictis antiquus (142149) | |
| MN 6 | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Alopecocyon leptorhynchus (69711) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (California) | Actiocyon leardi (19515) | |
| Tortonian | China (Yunnan) | Protursus sp. (11798) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Moldova (Tighina Departement) | Simocyon primigenius (36143) | |
| MN 9 | Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) | Alopecocyon sp., Simocyon diaphorus (75481) | |
| MN 10 | Spain | Simocyon batalleri (78514) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Idaho) | Simocyon marshi (19034) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Oregon) | Pliocyon marshi (19015) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan | USA (Tennessee) | Pristinailurus bristoli (26574) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Euboea) | Simocyon primigenius (202213) | |
| Pliocene | Romania | Parailurus anglicus (40113) | |
| Blancan | USA (Washington) | Parailurus sp. (20062) | |
| MN 16 | Italy (Piedmont) | Parailurus hungaricus (49360) | |
| Villafranchian | Slovakia | Parailurus hungaricus (41025 41026 41027) | |
| Gelasian | United Kingdom (England) | Ailurus anglicus (48093) |