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Paramachaerodus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Paramachaerodus Pilgrim p. 291
1938Promegantereon Kretzoi
1988Paramachaerodus Carroll
2008Paramachairodus Slater and Van Valkenburgh p. 407
2010Paramachaerodus Salesa et al.
2010Promegantereon Salesa et al.
2013Paramachaerodus Wallace and Hulbert p. 3 figs. Figure 2
2013Promegantereon Wallace and Hulbert p. 3 figs. Figure 2
2014Promegantereon Siliceo et al. p. 409

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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
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyMachairodontinaeGill 1872
genusParamachaerodusPilgrim 1913

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. †Paramachaerodus Pilgrim 1913
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Paramachaerodus schlosseri Weithofer 1888
Paramachaerodus transasiaticus Li and Spassov 2017
Paramachaerodus yingliangi Jiangzou et al. 2022
Invalid names: Promegantereon Kretzoi 1938 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 10 to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 9.70000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Kyrgyzstan (Kochkor) P. sp. (219042)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) Machairodus schlosseri (75794)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova Machairodus schlosseri (75802 75803)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Machairodus schlosseri (182754)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China Machairodus maximiliani (195286)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Gansu) P. yingliangi, P. schlosseri (231009)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Greece (Chalkidiki) Paramachairodus orientalis (191612)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) Paramachairodus sp. (19610)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Spain Promegantereon ogygia (195492)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) Paramachairodus maximiliani (40758)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Turkey Paramachairodus orientalis (151910)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) Paramachairodus sp. (73553)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Bulgaria P. sp. (208569)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Anhui) Paramachairodus sp. (68380)