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Smilodontini

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Smilodontini Kretzoi
1968Smilodontini Kurten p. 73
1983Smilodontini Berta and Galiano p. 893
2005Smilodontini Liu p. 132
2008Smilodontini 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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyMachairodontinaeGill 1872
tribeSmilodontiniKretzoi 1929
tribeSmilodontiniKretzoi 1929

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.

Tr. †Smilodontini Kretzoi 1929
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G. †Megantereon Croizet and Jobert 1828
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†Megantereon cultridens Cuvier 1824
†Megantereon eurynodon Ewer 1955
†Megantereon falconeri Pomel 1853
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Invalid names: Megantereon sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1868 [synonym]
†Megantereon gracilis Broom and Schepers 1946
†Megantereon hesperus Gazin 1933
†Megantereon inexpectatus Teilhard de Chardin 1939
†Megantereon megantereon Croizet and Jobert 1828
†Megantereon nihowanensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930
†Megantereon whitei Broom 1937
G. †Rhizosmilodon Wallace and Hulbert 2013
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†Rhizosmilodon fiteae Wallace and Hulbert 2013
G. †Smilodon Lund 1841 [saber-toothed cat]
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†Smilodon crucians Ameghino 1904
†Smilodon fatalis Leidy 1868
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Invalid names: Machaerodus floridanus Leidy 1889 [synonym], Smilodon californicus Bovard 1907 [synonym], Smilodon nebraskensis Matthew 1918 [synonym], Smilodon trinitiensis Slaughter 1960 [synonym], Smilodontopsis conardi Brown 1908 [synonym], Smilodontopsis troglodytes Brown 1908 [synonym]
†Smilodon gracilis Cope 1880
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Invalid names: Uncia mercerii Cope 1895 [synonym]
†Smilodon populator Lund 1842
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Invalid names: Smilodon neogaeus Lund 1879 [synonym]
†Smilodon riggii Kraglievich 1948
Invalid names: Smilodontidion Kraglievich 1948 [synonym], Smilodontopsis Brown 1908 [synonym], Trucifelis Leidy 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:22:03
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 9.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (200 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Pakistan (Punjab) Megantereon praecox (13473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Chad Megantereon sp. (190005)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Florida) Megantereon hesperus (18577)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Florida) Megantereon hesperus (18532 18573)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Zanclean9.4 - 3.6USA (Florida) Rhizosmilodon fiteae (18535)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Megantereon sp. (22160)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Megantereon cultridens (21821)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain (La Rioja) Megantereon megantereon (38892)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia Megantereon sp. (21754)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Megantereon sp. (32050)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Smilodon fatalis (230753) Smilodon sp. (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Smilodon sp. (93246)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Smilodon populator (136499)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Smilodon fatalis (93326)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Sergipe) Smilodon populator (147191)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Smilodon populator (212719)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) Smilodon populator (93235 148309)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Smilodon populator (71313 212449 212472)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Smilodon floridanus (63429)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (São Paulo) Smilodon populator (148397)