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Eofelis edwardsii

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Taxonomy
Pseudaelurus edwardsii was named by Filhol (1872). Its type specimen is MNHN-QU 9539, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Eofelis edwardsii by Kretzoi (1938) and Peigné (2000); it was recombined as Eofelis edwardsi by de Bonis et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Pseudaelurus edwardsii Filhol
1938Eofelis edwardsii Kretzoi
2000Eofelis edwardsii Peigné
2019Eofelis edwardsi de Bonis et al.

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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
—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
familyNimravidaeCope 1880
subfamilyNimravinaeTrouessart 1885
genusEofelisKretzoi 1938
speciesedwardsii(Filhol 1872)

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.

†Eofelis edwardsii Filhol 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available