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Nimravidae (false sabre-tooth)
Taxonomy
Nimravidae was named by Cope (1880). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Fissipedia by Cope (1889); to Caniformia by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Aeluroidea by Carroll (1988); to Carnivoramorpha by Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005); to Carnivora by Tseng et al. (2010); to Feliformia by Bryant (1991), Tomiya (2011) and de Bonis et al. (2019); and to Carnivoraformes by Poust et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Fissipedia by Cope (1889); to Caniformia by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Aeluroidea by Carroll (1988); to Carnivoramorpha by Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005); to Carnivora by Tseng et al. (2010); to Feliformia by Bryant (1991), Tomiya (2011) and de Bonis et al. (2019); and to Carnivoraformes by Poust et al. (2022).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1876 | Machaerodus insignis Filhol |
1880 | Nimravidae Cope |
1889 | Nimravidae Cope p. 876 |
1979 | Eusmilus insignis Sigé et al. |
1982 | Nimravidae Flynn and Galiano p. 50 |
1988 | Nimravidae Carroll |
1991 | Nimravidae Bryant p. 68 |
2005 | Nimravidae Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin p. 842 |
2010 | Nimravidae Tseng et al. |
2011 | Nimravidae Tomiya p. 17 |
2019 | Nimravidae de Bonis et al. |
2022 | Nimravidae Poust et al. |
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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.
Fm. †Nimravidae Cope 1880 [false sabre-tooth]
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G. †Aelurogale Filhol 1872
Subfm. †Barbourofelinae Schultz et al. 1970
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Tr. †Afrosmilini Morales et al. 2001
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G. †Afrosmilus Kretzoi 1929
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†Afrosmilus africanus Andrews 1914
†Afrosmilus hispanicus Morales et al. 2001
†Afrosmilus turkanae Schmidt-Kittler 1987
G. †Barbourofelis Schultz et al. 1970
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†Barbourofelis fricki Schultz et al. 1970
†Barbourofelis loveorum Baskin 1981
†Barbourofelis morrisi Schultz et al. 1970
†Barbourofelis piveteaui Ozansoy 1965
†Barbourofelis vallesiensis de Beaumont and Crusafont-Pairo 1982
†Barbourofelis whitfordi Barbour and Cook 1915
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Invalid names: Ischyrosmilus osborni Merriam 1919 [synonym]
G. †Prosansanosmilus Heizmann et al. 1980
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†Prosansanosmilus eggeri Morlo et al. 2004
†Prosansanosmilus peregrinus Heizmann et al. 1980
G. †Sansanosmilus Kretzoi 1929
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†Sansanosmilus jourdani Filhol 1883
†Sansanosmilus palmidens Blainville 1841
G. †Vampyrictis Kurten 1976
G. †Dinictis Leidy 1854
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†Dinictis felina Leidy 1854
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Invalid names: Daptophilus squalidens Cope 1873 [synonym], Dinictis bombifrons Adams 1895 [synonym], Dinictis cyclops Cope 1879 [synonym], Dinictis fortis Adams 1895 [synonym], Dinictis paucidens Riggs 1896 [synonym]
Invalid names: Daptophilus Cope 1873 [synonym]
Tr. †Hoplophoneini Kretzoi 1929
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G. †Eusmilus Gervais 1876
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†Eusmilus adelos Barrett 2021
†Eusmilus bidentatus Filhol 1872
†Eusmilus villebramarensis Peigné and Brunet 2001
G. †Hoplophoneus Cope 1874
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†Hoplophoneus cerebralis Cope 1880
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Invalid names: Ekgmoiteptecela olsontau Macdonald 1963 [synonym], Hoplophoneus belli Stock 1933 [synonym]
†Hoplophoneus crassidens Cragin 1892
†Hoplophoneus dakotensis Hatcher 1895
†Hoplophoneus oharrai Jepsen 1926
†Hoplophoneus primaevus Leidy and Owen 1851
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Invalid names: Hoplophoneus insolens Adams 1896 [synonym], Hoplophoneus latidens Thorpe 1920 [synonym], Hoplophoneus marshi Thorpe 1920 [synonym], Hoplophoneus mentalis Sinclair 1921 [synonym], Hoplophoneus molossus Thorpe 1920 [synonym], Hoplophoneus oreodontis Cope 1873 [synonym], Hoplophoneus robustus Adams 1896 [synonym]
†Hoplophoneus sicarius Sinclair and Jepsen 1927
†Hoplophoneus strigidens Cope 1878
Invalid names: Dinotomius Williston 1895 [synonym], Ekgmoiteptecela Macdonald 1963 [synonym]
Subfm. †Nimravinae Trouessart 1885
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G. †Dinailurictis Helbing 1922
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Invalid names: Hoplophoneinae [synonym]
Tr. †Nimravini Cope 1880
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G. †Nimravus Cope 1879
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†Nimravus brachyops Cope 1878
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Invalid names: Archaelurus debilis Cope 1879 [synonym], Dinictis major Lucas 1898 [synonym], Nimravus altidens Macdonald 1950 [synonym], Nimravus bumpensis Scott and Jepsen 1936 [synonym], Nimravus confertus Cope 1880 [synonym], Nimravus gomphodus Cope 1880 [synonym], Nimravus meridianus Stock 1933 [synonym], Nimravus sectator Matthew 1907 [synonym]
†Nimravus intermedius Filhol 1872
†Nimravus mongoliensis Gromova 1959
Invalid names: Archaelurus Cope 1879 [synonym], Nimravinus Kretzoi 1945 [synonym]
G. †Pogonodon Cope 1880
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†Pogonodon davisi Merriam 1906
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Invalid names: Pogonodon eileenae Macdonald 1970 [synonym], Pogonodon serrulidens Eaton 1922 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eusmilus insignis Filhol 1876 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Martin 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Duchesnean to the top of the MN 9 or 39.70000 to 9.70000 Ma
Collections (163 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Lutetian - Bartonian | China (Guangdong) | Maofelis cantonensis (151737) | |
Middle Eocene | China (Henan) | Eusmilus sp. (46193) | |
Middle Eocene | USA (Oregon) | Nimravidae indet. (16842) | |
Middle Eocene | China (Guangxi) | Eusmilus sp. (190962) | |
Duchesnean | USA (California) | Hyaenodon sp. (17039) | |
Chadronian | USA (Montana) | Dinictis sp. (16935) | |
Chadronian | USA (Nebraska) | Dinictis felina (16918) Dinictis sp., Hoplophoneus mentalis (16929) Hoplophoneus mentalis (16930) | |
Chadronian | USA (Wyoming) | Dinictis sp., Hoplophoneus oharrai (16962 16963 16964 16965 16966) Nimravidae indet. (16960) | |
Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Dinictis sp. (16977) | |
Chadronian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Dinictis sp., Hoplophoneus sp. (16919) | |
Chadronian | USA (South Dakota) | Eusmilus sp. (16885) Eusmilus sp., Hoplophoneus oharrai (16938) Hoplophoneus mentalis (83881) Hoplophoneus oharrai, Dinictis fortis (17006) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Thailand | Hoplophoneus sp., Nimravus intermedius (49078) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Mongolia (Dornogov) | Eofelis sp., Aelurogale mongoliensis (174716) Nimravus mongoliensis (176016) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) | Eofelis sp. (183665) | |
Chadronian - Orellan | USA (Wyoming) | Hoplophoneus sp. (16976) | |
Late/Upper Eocene - Late/Upper Oligocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) | Eofelis giganteus (184172) | |
Orellan | USA (South Dakota) | Dinictis felina, Hoplophoneus primaevus (17133 17295) Dinictis sp. (17103 17174 17187 17188 163487) Dinictis sp., Hoplophoneus sp. (17094 17173) Dinictis squalidens (17180) Eusmilus sicarius (17158) Hoplophoneus insolens (17084) Hoplophoneus occidentalis, Hoplophoneus primaevus (17153) Hoplophoneus primaevus (17067 17077 17141) Hoplophoneus robustus (17092) Nimravidae indet. (17089) | |
Orellan | USA (North Dakota) | Dinictis sp. (17100) | |
Orellan | USA (Colorado) | Dinictis sp. (17082) | |
Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | Dinictis felina, Hoplophoneus primaevus (17098) Nanosmilus kurteni (207804) | |
Orellan | USA (Wyoming) | Dinictis paucidens, Hoplophoneus latidens (17157) Eusmilus sicarius (99845) Hoplophoneus primaevus (17131) | |
Rupelian - Whitneyan | USA (South Dakota) | Eusmilus dakotensis (207805) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Mongolia (Övörkhangai) | Nimravus mongoliensis (180961 182131 201185 201191) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Eusmilus sp. (31583) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Germany (Bayern) | Eusmilus villebramarensis (183526) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine ) | Dinailurictis bonali (184096) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Limousin) | Eusmilus bidentatus (31753) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) | Machairodus bidentatus, Eofelis edwardsii (183670) | |
MP 21 | Germany (Bayern) | Eusmilus bidentatus (183667 183668) | |
MP 21 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Eusmilus bidentatus (183669) | |
MP 22 | France (Midi-Pyrenées) | Dinailurictis bonali (167513) Nimravidae indet., Nimravus intermedius, Dinailurictis bonali, Eusmilus bidentatus, Eofelis edwardsi (167537) | |
MP 22 | Germany (Bayern) | Nimravus intermedius, Eusmilus villebramarensis (91491) | |
MP 22 | France (Quercy) | Nimravus intermedius (179140 179142) | |
MP 22 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Nimravus intermedius (184095) | |
MP 22 | France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine ) | Nimravus intermedius, Dinailurictis bonali, Eusmilus villebramarensis, Eofelis edwardsii (183511) | |
MP 23 | France (Quercy) | Dinailurictis bonali, Quercylurus major (179147) Nimravus intermedius (36709) Nimravus intermedius, Dinailurictis bonali (36711) | |
MP 24 | France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) | Nimravus intermedius (182658) | |
Rupelian | Spain (Cataluña) | Felidae indet. (37085) | |
Rupelian | Switzerland (Canton Basel-Landschaft) | Eusmilus villebramarensis (182622) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) | Nimravus intermedius, Dinailurictis bonali, Quercylurus major (184039) | |
MP 25 | France | Nimravus intermedius, Dinailurictis bonali (60214) | |
MP 25 | France (Alpes-de-Haute Provence) | Nimravus intermedius (183364) | |
MP 25 | Spain (Cuenca) | Dinailurictis bonali, Quercylurus major, Eofelis edwardsii (184097) | |
Whitneyan | USA (Nebraska) | Dinictis bombifrons (17390) Nimravus brachyops (17400) | |
Whitneyan | USA (Oregon) | Hoplophoneus strigidens, Nimravus brachyops (17349) | |
Whitneyan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Dinictis sp. (17372) | |
Whitneyan | USA (South Dakota) | Dinictis sp. (17336 17384 17385) Nimravidae indet. (17337) Nimravus altidens (17329) Pogonodon cismontanus (185937) Pogonodon sp. (17343 17344) | |
Whitneyan - late Early Arikareean | USA (California) | Hoplophoneus belli, Nimravus meridianus (17527) | |
Geringian | USA (Oregon) | Dinaelurus crassus, Dinictis cyclops, Hoplophoneus platycopis, Nimravus brachyops (93078) Hoplophoneus sp., Eusmilus cerebralis, Nimravus brachyops (17508) Nimravus brachyops (17537) | |
Geringian | USA (South Dakota) | Dinictis eileenae (17644) Ekgmoiteptecela olsontau (17645 17660) Eusmilus cerebralis (17705) Nimravus brachyops (17636 17650) | |
Geringian | USA (Nebraska) | Nimravus brachyops (17474) | |
Arikareean | USA (Oregon) | Hoplophoneus brachyops, Machaerodus strigidens (180202) | |
Arikareean | USA (California) | Nimravus sp. (17497) | |
Arikareean | USA (South Dakota) | Eusmilus olsontau (17606) Nimravus brachyops (17483) Nimravus sectator (17452) | |
Arikareean | USA (Montana) | Pogonodon sp. (17481) | |
early Early Arikareean | USA (Nebraska) | Nimravus brachyops (156729) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | Georgia | Nimravus sp. (182744) | |
Chattian | USA (Oregon) | Pogonodon sp. (93079) | |
Chattian | USA (Florida) | Nimravidae indet. (17764) | |
Chattian | France | Nimravus intermedius, Dinailurictis bonali, Quercylurus major (60281) | |
Monroecreekian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Felidae indet. (17526) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Namibia | Afrosmilus africanus (70807) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Namibia (Karas) | Afrosmilus africanus (168036 175698) | |
Miocene | Uganda | Barbourofelidae sp. (190022) | |
Burdigalian | Uganda | Ginsburgsmilus napakensis (28441) | |
Burdigalian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Prosansanosmilus peregrinus (69098) | |
Burdigalian | Kenya | Afrosmilus africanus (83629) | |
Orleanian | France | Prosansanosmilus peregrinus (142146) | |
MN 4 | Germany (Bavaria) | Prosansanosmilus peregrinus (28629) | |
MN 4 | France (Alsac) | Prosansanosmilus peregrinus (69106) | |
MN 4 | France (Centre) | Prosansanosmilus peregrinus (69116) | |
MN 4 | France (Gers) | Prosansanosmilus perigrinus (69099) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | Sansanosmilus palmidens (32191) | |
Langhian - Tortonian | France (Maine-et-Loire) | Prosansanosmilus peregrinus (142149) | |
Serravallian | China (Ningxia) | Sansanosmilus sp. (42539) | |
MN 6 | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Sansanosmilus jourdani (69711) | |
MN 6 - MN 7 + 8 | Germany (Bavaria) | Sansanosmilus jourdani (73695) | |
MN 7 + 8 | Spain | Sansanosmilus jourdani (70806 78058) | |
MN 7 + 8 | Germany (Bavaria) | Sansanosmilus jourdani (73696) | |
Clarendonian | USA (California) | Barbourofelis lovei (19185) Barbourofelis osborni (19322 19323) Barbourofelis whitfordi (159702) Felidae indet. (19517) | |
Clarendonian | USA (Texas) | Barbourofelis whitfordi (18244 18355) | |
Clarendonian | USA (Nevada) | Sansanosmilus sp. (18845) | |
Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Barbourofelis morrisi (18214 18227 18447) Barbourofelis sp. (18218) Barbourofelis whitfordi (18095 18467) | |
Clarendonian | USA (South Dakota) | Megantereon whitfordi (18063) | |
Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Barbourofelis lovei (18554) | |
Clarendonian - Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Barbourofelis morrisi (18236) Barbourofelis whitfordi (18134) | |
Tortonian | Ukraine | Pogonodon copei (75800) | |
Vallesian | Spain (Segovia) | Sansanosmilus jourdani (40768) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | China (Hebei) | Sansanosmilus palmidens (38674) | |
MN 9 | Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) | Sansanosmilus jourdani (75481) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Kansas) | Barbourofelis sp. (18415) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Nevada) | Barbourofelis fricki (19060) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Barbourofelis fricki (18086) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Oklahoma) | Barbourofelis loveorum (18034) |