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Leopardus vorohuensis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis vorohuensis was named by Berta (1983). Its type specimen is MMP 1047, a partial skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is 15 km N Mar del Plata, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in the Vorohué Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Leopardus vorohuensis by Alroy (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Felis vorohuensis Berta p. 721
2007Leopardus vorohuensis Alroy

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusLeopardusGray 1842
speciesvorohuensis()

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.

†Leopardus vorohuensis Berta 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available