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Ailurinae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ailuridae

Taxonomy
Ailurinae is a subfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Procyonidae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Ailuridae by Salesa et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Ailurinae Kurten and Anderson p. 177
2006Ailurinae Salesa et al. p. 381

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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
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyAiluridae()
subfamilyAilurinae
subfamilyAilurinae

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. Ailurinae
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Tr. †Ailurini Wallace and Lyon 2022
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G. Ailurus Cuvier 1825
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Ailurus fulgens Cuvier 1825
Ailurus styani Thomas 1902
G. †Magerictis Ginsburg et al. 1997
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†Magerictis imperialensis Ginsburg et al. 1997
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. †Pristinailurus Wallace and Wang 2004
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†Pristinailurus bristoli Wallace and Wang 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:31:06
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:31:06
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Gelasian or 15.97000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.65 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 4 - MN 516.9 - 13.65Spain Magerictis imperialensis (70805)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Spain Magerictis imperialensis (187347)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Spain (Madrid) Magerictis imperialensis (197674)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) Pristinailurus bristoli (26574)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania Parailurus anglicus (40113)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) Parailurus sp. (20062)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Italy (Piedmont) Parailurus hungaricus (49360)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Slovakia Parailurus hungaricus (41025 41026 41027)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Ailurus anglicus (48093)