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Megantereon whitei

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Megantereon whitei was named by Broom (1937).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Megantereon whitei Broom
1983Megantereon whitei Berta and Galiano p. 893
2005Megantereon whitei Liu p. 133

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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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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
genusMegantereonCroizet and Jobert 1828
specieswhiteiBroom 1937

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.

Megantereon whitei Broom 1937
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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: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene5.333 - 0.129Spain Megantereon whitei (188668)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Kenya Megantereon whitei (190021)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Granada) Megantereon whitei (34898 34943)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Georgia Megantereon cultridens (56733)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Gauteng) Megantereon whitei (183152)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel Megantereon whitei (37024)