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Yoshi

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Yoshi Spassov and Geraads p. 46
2022Yoshi Jiangzou et al.
2022Yoshi Jiangzuo 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
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
subfamilyMachairodontinaeGill 1872
tribeMetailurini
genusYoshi

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.

G. †Yoshi Spassov and Geraads 2015
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Yoshi faie Jiangzou et al. 2022
Yoshi garevskii Spassov and Geraads 2015
Yoshi minor Zdansky 1924
Yoshi obscura Hendey 1974
Yoshi yongdengensis Jiangzou et al. 2022
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. Spassov and D. Geraads 2015A felid intermediate in size between a lynx, Lynx Kerr, 1772, and a cheetah, Acinonyx Brookes, 1828. The skull is short, wide (rather cat-like in proportions), with a broad frontal area and a deep face; profile vaulted to strongly vaulted in the frontal region; rostral part short and broad; zygomatic processes of the frontal bones short and rounded; postorbital constriction weak, area of postorbital constriction short; frontal sinuses invading the whole bone, from the nasals to the pari- etals, as well as the zygomatic processes of the frontals; sagittal crest weak; median part of the nuchal crest concave in dorsal view. Upper canines short, without crenulations but with an anterior keel located mesially rather than mesio-lingually, lin- gual surface almost flat or slightly convex, buccal one slightly flattened to convex. P3 and p3 without distinct mesial acces- sory cuspid, m1 with distinct talonid. Symphysis of the man- dible not elevated, without any mandibular flange.